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STATUTES  AT  LARGE 


Confederate  States  of  America, 

COMMENCING  WITH  THE  FIRST  SESSION  OF  THE 

FIEST  CONGRESS; 

1862. 

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EDITEB    BV 

JAMES  M.  MATTHEWS, 

ATTORNEY     AT     LAW, 
AND    LAW   CLERK   IX   THE    DEPAKTMEKT   OF   Jl'STIOli. 


TO  BE  CONTINUED  ANNUALLY. 


RlCHMOx\Di 

R.  M.  SMITH,  PRINTER  TO  CONGRESS. 
18  62. 


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PUBLIC  LAWS 


CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA, 


PASSED  AT  THE  FIRST  SESSION 


FIRST  CONGRESS; 

1862. 

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EDITED    BY 

JAMES  M.  MATTHEWS. 

ATTORNEY     AT     LAW, 
AHD   lAW   CLBBH  IS  THE   BSPAKTMEHT  OF   JTOTIOE. 


TO  BE  CONTINUED  ANNUALLY. 


RICHMOND: 

R.  M.  SMITH,  PRINTER  TO  CONGRESS. 

18  62. 


ADYERTISEMENT. 


Confederate  States  op  America, 

Department  of  Justice, 

Richmond,  June  1,  1862. 

By  an  Act  of  the  Provisional  Congress,  approved  on  the  5th  day  of  August,  1861, 
section  third,  it  was  made,  inter  alia,  "the  duty  of  the  Attorney  General,  at  the  close 
of  each  session  of  Congress,  to  cause  all  the  laws  and  resolutions  having  the  force  of 
laws,  and  all  treaties  entered  into  by  the  Confederate  States,  to  be  published  under 
the  supervision  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Printing."  This  section  was  amended 
by  a  further  act,  approved  on  the  17th  day  of  February,  1862,  which  provides, 
"  That  the  third  section  of  said  act  be  so  amended  as  to  authorise  the  Attorney 
General  to  cause  three  thousand  copies  of  the  Provisional  and  Permanent  Constitu- 
tion, and  of  all  the  acts  and  resolutions  and  treaties  of  the  Provisional  Government 
of  the  Confederate  States  which  are  not  secret,  to  be  published  in  one  volume,  at  the 
close  of  the  present  session  of  Congress,  arranged,  and  with  marginal  notes,  and  in- 
dexed, as  provided  in  said  act."  The  effect  of  this  amendment,  it  will  be  observed, 
is  to  repeal  the  third  section  of  the  first  mentioned  act,  so  far  as  it  applies  to  the  legisla- 
tion of  the  Provisional  Congress,  and  restrict  its  application  to  the  laws  and  resolu- 
tions passed  by  Congress  under  the  Permanent  Constitution,  and  to  treaties  entered 
into  by  the  Confederate  States  under  that  Constitution. 

For  sometime  after  the  passage  of  the  act  of  the  5th  day  of  August  last,  it  was 
impossible  to  comply  with  its  requirements  because  of  the  fact  that  the  requisite 
paper — "paper  equal  in  quality  to  the  edition  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  as 
annually  published  by  Little  &  Brown," — could  not  be  procured;  and  it  was  not  till 
very  recently  that  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Printing  succeeded  in  obtaining  it. 
For  this  reason  the  laws  and  resolutions  have  been  published,  heretofore,  uniler  spe- 
cial resolutions  of  Congress/for  temporary  convenience,  on  paper  of  inferior  quality, 
and  without  regard  to  the  provisions  of  the  act.  This  is  the  first  publication  that  has 
been  made  in  conformity  with  its  provisions. 

The  following  laws  and  resolutions  have  been  carefully  compared  with  the  original 
Rolls  on  file  in  this  Department,  and  all  typographical  errors  other  than  those  noted 
in  the  table  of  errata,  corrected.  Where  anything  essential  to  complete  the  sense 
is  omitted  in  the  Rolls  it  is  inserted  in  the  text,  included  in  brackets. 

JAMES  M.  MATTHEWS, 
Law  Clerk. 


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LIST 


PUBLIC  ACTS  AND  RESOLUTIONS 

OP  CONGRESS. 


2lct3  of  i\)t  iirst  OUongrEss  of  tl)£  ©onfekratc  Staks. 
STATUTE   I.— 1862. 

PAOS. 

Witr  Deportment.  An  Act  supplementary  to  An  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  establish  the  War  Department,"  ap- 
proved February  twenty-first,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two.    February  27, 1862,  ch.  1 1 

Writ  of  ffabeas  Corpus  suspended.    An  act  to  authorize  the  suspension  of  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus  in  certain 

cases.    February  27, 1S62,  ch.  2 1 

Glerical  force  of  the  War  DepartTneni  increased.    An  Act  to  increase  the  clerical  force  of  the  War  Deparment. 

March  4, 1862,  ch.  3  1 

Public  Printing.    An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  in  relation  to  Public  Prtnting,"  approved  February 

twenty-seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  aLxtj-one.    March  14, 1862,  ch.  4 3 

Destruction  of  property  and  indemnity  therefor.    An  Act  to  regulate  the  destruction  of  property  under  military 

necessity,  and  to  pi  ovide  for  the  indemnity  thereof.    March  17, 1862,  ch.  5  3 

Pay  of  Officers  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Sepresentatives.    An  Act  to  regulate  the  compensation  of  the  officers 

of  the  Senate  and  of  the  House  of  Representatives.    March  24,  ]  862,  ch.  6 3 

Post  Routes  estcLbliahed.    An  Act  to  establish  certain  Post  Routes  therein  named.    March  24, 1862,  ch.  7 8 

Defence  of  Mobile  Bay  and  the  AldbaTYva  Piver.    An  Act  to  provide  for  the  further  defence  of  the  Bay  of  Mobile, 

and  the  Alabama  River.    March  24, 1862,  ch.  8...  4 

Staf^  etc.f  of  General  at  the  seat  of  Government.    An  Act  to  provide  a  staff  and  clerical  forcefor  any  General  who 

may  be  assigned  by  the  President  to  duty  at  the  seat  of  Government.    March  25,  1862,  ch.  9 4 

Oi>r7vpe7isation  of  Mernbers  of  Congress,    An  Act  to  regulate  the  compensation  of  Members  of  Congress.    March 

25,  lb62,  ch.  10 4 

Mode  of  paying  Members  of  Congress  and  disbwrsement  of  Ooniingeni  Fund.  An  Act  to  regulate  the  mode  of 
pajiog  the  members  of  the  fjenate  and  House  of  Kepreaentativea,  and  the  disbursement  of  the  contingent 
fund.    March  26, 1862,  ch.  11 . . . , , . . . .      ft 

Confederate  Court  for  Northern  District  of  Georgia.    An  Act  to  fii  the  times  for  holding  the  Confederate  Court 

for  the  Northern  District  of  Georgia.    March  28, 1S63,  ch.  12 6 

States  assuming  payment  of  the  War  Tax.    An  Act  to  enable  the  States  assuming  the  payment  of  their  quotas  of 

ihe  war  tax,  to  pay  the  same  into  the  Treasury,    Apiil  2, 1862,  ch.  13 t 

President's  personal  Staff.    An  Act  to  authorize  the  President  to  increase  his  personal  staff.    April  2, 1862,  ch,  14.      7 

Oompensation  of  the  President.    An  Act  to  fix.  the  compensation  of  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States.    April 

3,  18t2,  ch.  15 7 

Appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Government.  An  Act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Gov- 
ment  from  April  first  to  the  thirtieth  of  November,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  and  for  objects  here- 
inafter expressed.     April  3, 1862,  ch.  16  7 

Pv^Uc  Defence.    An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  approved  May  10th,  1861,  entitled  "An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  to  provide 

for  the  public  defence,"  approved  March  6th,  1861.    April  3, 1862,  ch.  17 10 

Dy^  on  railroad  iron  i^emitted.    An  Act  to  remit  the  duty  on  railroad  iron  sufficient  to  complete  the  Alabama 

and  Mississippi  Rivers  Railroad.     April  7, 1S62,  ch.  IS 11^_ 

Arkansas  and  Red  River  Superintendency  of  Indian  Affairs,  <ibc.    An  Act  to  provide  for  the  organization  of  the         * 
Arkansas  and  Ked  River  Superintendency  of  Indian  Affairs,  to  regulate  trade  and  intercourse  with  the  In- 
dians therein,  and  to  preserve  peace  on  the  frontiers.    April  8, 1862,  ch.  19 , 11 


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iv  LIST  OF  THE  PUBLIC  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS. 

PAQB. 

Ssiimates  of  the  Tieads  of  the  Departments,  An  Act  relative  to  the  esUmates  of  the  heads  of  the  aeveral  depart- 
ments.   April  9, 1862,  ch.  20 , » 

Advance  of  money  to  ^le  State  ot  Missouri.    An  Act  to  authorize  the  advance  of  a  certain  sum  of  money  to  the 

State  of  MisaourL    April9,  IS62,  ch.  21 35 

Keeping  of  fire  arms  in  the  hands  of  effeCvos  men.    An  Act  to  provide  for  Iceepiog  all  fire  arms  in  the  armies 

of  the  CoDfederat*  States  in  the  handa  of  effectiTe  men.    April  10,  lt62,  ch.  22 26 

EnlUtments  in  the  Marine  Corps.    An  Act  to  encourage  enlistments  In  the  corps  of  Marioea.    April  10, 1S62,  ch. 

23 26 

The  Acts  of  the  District  Attorney,  &c.^  in  Tennessee,  legalized.  An  Act  to  legalise  the  i  cts  of  the  District  Attor- 
ney, Marshal  and  Deputy  Marshals  of  the  State  of  Tennessee.    April  11, 1S62,  ch.  24 27' 

Payment  to  District  Collectors.    Ad  Act  to  authorise  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  pay  District  CollectorB  in 

certain  capes.    April  11, 1862,  ch.  25 27 

J7l«  Workinff  of  ITitre  Caves  and  establishing  HUre  heds.    An  Act  for  the  organization  of  a  corps  of  officers  for 

the  working  of  nitre  cavea  and  establishing  nitre  beds.    April  11, 1862,  ch.  26 27 

Mea/ns  for  the  support  of  the  Government.    Au  Act  to  provide  further  means  for  the  support  of  the  Government, 

A  pril  12,  1  bti2,  ch.  27 38 

Depositories  of  public  funda.    An  Act  to  increa  e  the  number  of  depositories  of  public  funds,    April  15, 1562,  ch. 

28 20 

PayTneni  of  Musicians  in  the  Army.    An  Act  for  the  payment  of  Musidans  in  the  Army  not  regularly  enlisted. 

April  15, 1862,  ch.  29 29 

Pay  of  m^embers  of  Congress  during  recess  of  Congress.  An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  regulate 
the  compensation  of  membe's  of  Congress;"  also  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  **  An  Act  regulating  the  mode  of 
paying  members  of  Congress."    April  16,  1S62,  ch.  80 29 

Public  Defence.    A  n  Act  to  further  provide  for  the  public  defence.    April  16,  1863,  ch.  81 29 

Employment  of  clerks  at  the  o^ces  of  the  Treasurer  and  Assistant  Treasurers,  An  Act  to  authorize  the  employ- 
ment of  clerks  at  the  offices  of  the  Treasurer  and  Assistant  Treasurers.    April  17, 1862,  ch.  32 S2 

Appropriation  for  the  Contingent  expenses  of  the  War  Department  and  the  Army  to  be  divided.  An  Act  to  au- 
thorize the  Secretary  of  War  to  divide  the  appropriation  for  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  War  Department 
andlheArmy.    April  17, 1862,  ch.  83 S3 

Manufactories  of  Saltpetre  and  Small  Arms.  An  Act  to  encourage  the  manufacture  of  Saltpetre  and  of  Small  Arms. 

April  i7,]S62,ch.  84 88 

Issue  of  Treasury  Kotes.    An  Act  authorizing  the  Issue  of  Treasury  Notes.    April  17,1862,  ch.  85 84 

Construction  of  Railroad  in  the  States  of  Zouisiana  and  Texas.    An  Act  to  aid  In  the  construction  of  a  certain 

line  of  railroad  in  the  States  of  Louisiana  and  Texas.    April  19, 1862,  ch.  86 84 

Conveyance  of  m.ailable  Tnatter  by  express  or  other  companies.  An  Act  to  repeal  certain  laws  therein  named 
and  to  de  lare  others  in  full  force,  m  relation  to  conveyance  of  mailable  matter  outside  of  the  maiL  April 
19, 1862,  ch.  37 85 

Fees  of  Marshals^  etc.   An  Act  regulatioe  the  fees  of  Marshals  and  for  other  purposes.    April  19, 1862,  ch.  88 85 

Purther  Appropriations.  An  Act  making  further  appropriations  for  the  expenses  of  the  government  in  the  Trea- 
sury, War  and  Navj  Departments,  and  for  other  purposes.    April  19, 1^62,  ch.  89 87 

Signal  Corps,    An  Act  to  organize  a  Signal  Corps.    April  19, 1862,  ch.  40 83 

Mines  for  the  production  of  Coal  and  for  the  production  amd  manufacture  of  Iron.    An  Act  supplementary  to 

the  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  encourage  the  manufaLture  of  Saltpetre  and  Small  Arms."  April  19,  lt62,  ch.  41.    88 

Post  Routes  established.  An  Act  to  establish  certain  Post  Routes  therein  named.  April  19, 1862,  ch.  42 89 

Ordnance  Sergeants  increased.  An  Act  to  increase  the  military  establishment  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  to 
amend  the  "  Act  for  tue  establishment  and  organization  of  the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America." 
April  19,  186^,  ch.  43 89 

Ad  ifU^pending  the  Writ  of  Habeas  Corpus,  denned.    An  Act  to  limit  the  act  authorizing  the  suspension  of  the 

writ  of  habeas  corpus.     April  19,  1S62,  ch.  44 40 

Rates  of  Postage.  An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  prescribe  the  Rates  of  Postage  in  the  Confede- 
rate States  of  America,  and  for  other  purposes."    April  19, 1862,  ch.  45 40 

Drill  Masters.    An  Act  to  authorize  the  employment  of  Drill  Masters.    April  19, 1862,  ch.  46 40 

Auditing  Accounts  for  the  War  Department.    An  Act  in  relat  on  to  Auditing  Accounts  for  the  War  Department. 

April  19,  l8o2,  ch.  ^7 40 

Compensation  of  Members  of  Congress  and  the  disbursement  of  the  ContingerUFund.  An  Act  to  amend  *'  An  Act 
to  regulate  the  mode  of  paying  the  members  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Uepresentatives,  and  the  disbursement 
of  the  Contingent  Fund."    April  19,  '862,ch.48  40 

Compensation  of  Clerks,  Marshals  and  District  Attorneys,  limited.    An  Act  to  limit  the  compensation  of  Clerks, 

Marshals  and  District  Attorneys  of  the  Confederate  States.    April  19,  •  8f  2,  ch.  49 41 

Chaplains  to  the  Naval  Hospitals.    An  Act  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of  Chaplains  at  the  Naval  Hospitals. 

AprVl  19,  'S64,  ch.  50 43 

War  Tax  in  States  invaded  by  the  enemy.  An  Act  to  regulate  the  collection  of  the  War  Tax  in  certain  States  in- 
vaded by  the  enemy.    April  l9,  lS6-.i,  ch.  51 43 

Clerks''  fees,  <fcc.    An  A  t  regulating  the  fees  of  Clerks  and  for  other  purposes.    April  19, 1862,  ch.  52 43 

Payment  of  Officers  of  the  Virginia  Militia.    An  Act  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  officers  of  the  Virginia  Militia 

for  services  rendered.    April  19,  ldi2,  ch.  53 44 

Additional  Clerks  authorised  in  the  Bureau  of  the  Quart-  rmaster  General.    An  Act  to  increase  the  clerical  force 

of  the  Quartermaster  General's  Bureau.    April  19,  1862,  ch.  54 45 

Salaries  of  Master  Armorers  increased.  An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  '*  An  Act  to  increase  the  corps  of  Artil- 
lery, and  for  other  purposes,*'  a^'proved  August  21st,  1861.    April  19,  1862,  ch.  55 45 

Pay  of  Chaplains.    An  Act  to  am^nd  the  several  Acts  in  relation  to  the  pay  of  Chaplains  In  the  Army.    April  19, 

1662,  ch  56 45 

Companies  vAUi  less  Vian  the  minimum  numl}er  already  in  the  service,  recognized  as   if   duly  organised.    An 

Act  to   recognize  the  organization  of  certain  military  companies.     A^rii  19, 1S62,  ch.  61 4G 

J^ansportation  to,  and  sale  of  articles  in  any  port  in  the  possessi  n  of  the  enemy,  prohibited.  An  Act  to  prohlb* 
it  the  trans  tortat'oi  a  d  sale  o'  certain  ai  tides  io  any  port  or  piace  within  tlie  Con  ederate  States  in  the  pos- 
sess on  of  the  enemy,  and  to  prohibit  the  sale,  barter  or  exchange  oi  certain  articles  therein  oaiiied,  to  alienor 
domestic  enemies.    April  19, 186/,  ch,  53 46 


LIST  OF  THE  PUBLIC  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS.  t 

piao. 

Augusta^  Georgia^  mada  a  port  of  deliv&ryfor  goods  imported  tmio  Charleston.  An  Act  making  Augusta,  Geor- 
gia, a  port  of  delivery  for  goods  imported  into  Charleston,  South  Carolina.    April  19, 1863,  ch.  59 46 

WJiO  to  act  as  President  in  case  of  vacancies  in  the  office  both  of  Preside/rU  and  Vice  Presid&ni.  An  Act  declar- 
ing tbe  officer  who  shall  act  as  President  in  case  of  vacancies  in  the  offices  both  of  President  and  Vice  Presi- 
dent.   April  19,  lb62,  ch  60 46 

.Exchange  of  botuZs  or  stock  for  articles  in  hind.    An  Act  to  authorize  the  exchange  of  bonds  for  articles  in  kind, 

and  the  shipment,  sale,  or  hypothecation  of  such  articles.    A  prli  ifl,  1862,  ch.  61 47 

DrwiihennessintheArmy  pwnished.    An  Act  to  pun  sh  drunkenness  in  the  Army.    April  21, 1862,  ch.  62 4T 

£a/nd8  of  Partisan  Pangers.    An  Act  to  organise  bands  of  Partisan  Rangers.    April  21, 186!,  ch.  63 43 

Enlistment  of  Cooks  in  the  Army,    [An  Act]  for  the  enlistment  of  Cooks  In  the  Army.    April21,1862,  ch.  64 43 

Oorps  of  Engineers  increased.    An  Act  to  increase  the  corps  of  Engineers  In  the  Provisional  Army.    April  21, 1862, 

ch.  65 49 

Appointment  of  officers  of  ArtHkry,    An  Act  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  officers  of  Artillery  in  the  Provisional 

Army.    April  21,  1862.  ch.  66 49 

Gympensation  of  Deputv  Postmasters.    An  Act  regulating  the  compensation  of  Deputy  Postmasters.    April  21, 1862, 

ch.  67 49 

Organization  of  the  Navy.    An  Aet  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  provide  for  the  organization  of  the  Navy, 

approvedMarchl6. 1861,  and  for  other  purposes."    April  21, 1862,  ch.  66 50  , 

Exchange  of  bnnds,  <£c.,  for  articles  in  kind.  An  Act  making  appropi-iations  to  carry  into  effect  **"  An  Act  author- 
izing the  exchange  of  bonds  for  articles  in  kind,  and  the  shipment,  sale  or  hypothecation  of  such  articles. 
April  21, 1862,  cb.  69 50 

PacUitits  of  importing  goods  increased.  An  Act  to  Increase  the  facilities  of  importing  goods,  wares  and  merchan- 
dise Into  the  ports  of  the  Confederate  States.    April  21, 1862,  ch.  70 50 

Inv&ntorSy  tfe.,  of  machines  for  destroying  armed  vessels  of  the  enemy.  An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  "  An  Act 
to  amend  An  Act  recognizing  the  existence  of  war  between  the  United  States  and  the  Confederate  States,  and 
concerning  letters  of  marque,  prizes  and  prize  goods,"  approved  May  2Lst,  1861.    April  21, 1862,  ch.  71 61 

Baitalions  of  S/tarp  Shooters.    An  Act  to  organize  liattalloDS  of  Sharp  Shooters.    April  21, 1862,  ch.  72 St 

Public  Defence.    An  Act  supplementary  to  An  Act  further  to  provide  for  the  Public  Defence.    April  21, 1862,  ch.  78.    5l' 

Sxemptionfrom  mi'itary  service.    An  Act  to  exempt  certain  persons  from  enrollment  for  service  in  the  armies  of  the 

Confederate  States.    April  21, 1862,  ch.  74 61 

Public  Defence  further  provided  for.  An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  further  provide  for  the  public  de- 
fence," passed  the  sixteenth  day  of  April,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two.    April  21, 1862,  ch.  75 53 


PUBLIC  RESOLUTIONS. 

Wo.  1.  Certain  Resolution  of  Virginia  approved.  Jo'nt  resolution  approving  the  resolution  passed  by  the  Legisla- 
ture of  Virginia,  expressing  her  determination  to  vindicate  her  ancient  boundaries.    February  27, 1362    63 

No^S.    No  political  affiliation  with  the  people  ff  the  United  States,    A  Resolution  declaring  the  sense  of  Congress  in 

regard  to  re-uniting  with  the  United  States.    March  11, 1862 5S 

No.  S.    Territorial  integrity  of  the  Confederacy  to  be  maintained.    Resolution  pledging  the  Government  to  maintain 

the  territoriaUntegrity  of  the  Oontederacy.    March  11,  1&62 5ft 

No.  4.    Thanks  of  Congress  to  Gipt.  Biichanan  and  his  command.    Resolution  of  thanks  to  Capt.  Buchanan  and  the 

officers  and  men  under  his  command.    March  12, 1862 5S 

No.  5,    Aid  to  our  prisoners  of  war.    Joint  Resolution  to  aid  our  prisoners  in  the  bands  of  the  enemy.    March  25, 

1863 E4 

No.  6.    Arrearages  of  pay  and  mileage  to  Members  of  the  Provisional  Congress.   Joint  Resolution  relating  to  the  manner 

ot  paying  Members  of  the  Provisional  Congress,  the  arrearages  of  their  pay  and  mileage.    April  3, 1862    54 

No.  7,  Thanks  of  Congress  to  Major-General  Jackson  and  his  command.  Resolutions  of  thanks  to  Major-General 
Thomas  J.  Jackson  and  the  officers  and  men  under  his  command  for  gallant  and  meritorious  services  in 
the  battle  of  Kernstown.    April  9,  lb62 54 

No.  8.    Thanks  of  Congress  to  thepatrioUc  women  of  the  country.    Joint  Resolution  of  thanks  to  the  patriotic  women 

of  the  country  for  voluntary  contributions  fnrnlshed  by  them  to  the  army.    April  11,  1d&2. 54 

No.  9,    OraUtudeof  Congress  for  the  victory  at  Shiloh.    Joint  Resolution  of  thanks  for  the  victory  at  Shiloh,  Tenn., 

April  15,1862 54 

No,  10,    Thanks  of  Oingress  to  Brig.  Gen.  Sibley  and  his  command.    Joint  Resolution  of  thanks  to  General  H.  H, 

S.bley  and  his  command.    April  16,  1862 59> 

No,  11.  Thanks  of  Ccmgress  to  the  officers,  <fo.,  of  the  Patrick  Henri/  and  other  vessels.  Rfsolublon  of  thanks  to  the 
officers  and  crews  of  the  Patrick  Henry,  Jamestown,  Teazer  and  other  vessels  for  gallant  conduct. 
AprI116,1862 55 

Wo.  12.    Preservation  of  Public  Documents.    Resolution  for  the  preservation  of  public  documents.    April  19, 1862. .    55 

No.  IS.  Contingent  Fund  of  the  Provisional  Congress.  Joint  Resolution  to  authorize  ihe  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
to  pay  the  mileage  and  per  diem  of  members  of  tne  Provisional  Congress  out  of  the  contingent  fund  of 
that  Congress.    April  19,  1862  5€ 

No,  14.  ThanJcs  of  Congress  to  Major-Generals  Van  Dorn  and  Price  and  their  commands.  Resolution  of  thanks  to 
Major-Generals  Van  Dorn  and  Price,  and  the  officers  and  soldiers  under  their  command,  for  their 
valour  skill  and  good  conduct  in  the  battle  of  Elkhorn,  in  the  State  of  Arkansas,  and  of  respect  for  the 
memory  of  Generals  McCulloch  and Mclntcsh.    April21,1862 , 65 

No.  15,    Account  of  Starke  and  Cardoza  for  stationery.    Joint  Resolution  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  stationery 

purchased  for  the  Provisional  Congress.    April  21, 1 863 , 56- 

Mo,  16.    Rent  of  rooms  for  the  Treasury  Department.    J>int  Resolation  to  authorize  the  joint  committee  on  public 

hoildings  to  rent  rooms  for  the  Treasury  Department.    April  2 1, 1862.. 6& 


EREATA. 


Pagt,    Ch.    Sect.    Litu. 

29,     28,    1,      2,        After  the  word  "  Secretary,"  read  "  of  the  Treasury." 
33,     34,    2,      2,        For  "or"  read  "of." 


PUBLIC  ACTS  OF  THE  FIRST  CONGRESS 


CONPEDERATB   STATES, 

Passed  at  the  first  session,  which  was  begun  and  held  at  the  City  of 
Richmond,  in  the  State  of  Virginia,  on  Tuesday,  the  eighteenth  day 
of  February,  A.  D.,  1862,  and  ended  on  Monday,  the  twenty-first  day 
of  April,  A.  B.,  1862. 

Jefferson  Davis,  President.  Alexander  H.  Stephens,  Vice-Pre- 
sident, and  President  of  the  Senate.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Speaker 
of  the  House  of  Representatives. 


'Ohap.  I. — An  Act  supplementary;  to  An  Act  entitled  ^^  An  Act  to  establish  the  War  Depart-         Feb.  2T,  18S3. 
ment,^^  approved  Fel^riiary  twenty-first,  eighteen  hwndred  and  sixty-one. 


The  Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That    Army  officer,  ap- 
if  any  officer  of  the  army  be  appointed   Secretary  of  War,  and  enter  {J°\^3V!  not^tr^se 
upon  the  duties  of  that  office,  he  shall  not  thereby  lose  his  rank  in  the  Wsrank. 
army,  but  only  the  pay  and  allowance  thereof,  during  the  time  he  is 
Secretary  of  War,  and  receiving  the  salary  of  that  officer. 

Approved  Feb.  27,  1862. 


Chap.  n. — An  Act  to  authorize  the  suspension  of  the  writ  of  halteas  corpus  in  cerUiin  casea.  Feb.  37, 1863. 


The  Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That    SuspensioQ  of  the 

,      .        ,,     °  ■',    .  .  -^      f  ,,        „       c  J        t      ctt   i         i\       -n       •  1      i  w"'  "'  habeas  eor- 

•dunng  the  present  invasion  of  the  Confederate  States,  the  President  pus.  ,  . 

shall  have  power  to  suspend  the  privilege  of  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus 
in  such  cities,  towns  and  military  districts  as  shall,  in  his  judgment, 
be  in  such  danger  of  attack  by  the  enemy  as  to  require  the  declaration 
of  martial  law  for  their  effective  defence. 

Approved  Feb.  27,  1862. 


CaiP.  Jn.—An  Act  to  increase  the  Clerical  Force  of  the  War  Department.  March  14, 1882. 


The  Congress  of  the   Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact.  That     Clerical  force  in- 
there  be  added  to  the  number  of  clerks  now  authorized  by  law  in  the  i)?^irtmeni. 
War  Department,  twenty  additional  clerks,  to  be  divided  among  the 


I  EIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     'Ch.  4,  5,  6.     1862r. 

CoirpensaUon.  sei'cral  Bureaus,  in  such  propoi  tion  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  deem 
most  advantageous,  to  receive  compensation  as  follows,  to-wit:  Six  at 
the  rate  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum  ;  six  at  the  rate  of  twelve 
hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  eight  at  the  rate  of  one  thousand 
dollars  per  annum. 

Approved  March  14,  1862. 


March  14, 1862'.       Chap.  IV. — An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  An  Act  in  relation  to  PuhUc  Prmiing,  approvecf 
February  twenty-seventh^  eighteen  hundred  and  svxty-(yne. 


Act  of  1S61,  Feb'y      The    Congrcss  of  Ike    Confederate  States  of  Jtmerica  do  enact,  That 

■I, amen  e  .  ^j^^  eleventh  section  of  the  act  of  the  Provisional  Congress,  entitled 

"An  Act  in  relation  to  public  printing,"  adopted  the  twenty-seventh 

,  day  of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  be,  and  the  same 

is   hereby,   so  amended  as  to  authorise  the  Postmaster-General,  when, 

in  his  opinion,  sufficient  notice  will  not  be  given  of  advertisements  for 

carrying  the  mail,  by  inserting  such  advertisements  in  three  newspa- 

,j     .. .  pers  in  each  State,  to  advertise  such  proposals  in  such  additional  num- 

.lai.H  for  carrying  the  ber  ot  papers  as  may   be  necessary  to  give  them  ruil  publicity  ;i  fro- 

uumber°of  papers"''' ^2 '^^'■■^'  i-h.at,   by  SO  doing,   no  greater  expense  be  incurred  than  if  said 

advertisements  be  inserted  in  but  three  newspapers. 

Approved  March  14,  1862. 


March  17,  '662.        Cn.vp.  V. — An  Aci  to  regulate  the  d-estruction  of  property  under  military  necesaily,  andtopro' 
inde  for  the  indemnity  thereof. 

Destruction  ot  cot-       The  Consn'ess  of  the    Confederate  States  of  Ameaica  do  enact,  That 

tun,  tobacco  or  other  ,,  -i-,  ji-,-  r  ,i        /^       ci         ,a  i  t  l\ 

property,  authorized,  the  military  authorities  of  the  Confederate  Army   are   hereby  anttior- 
ized  and  directed  to  destroy  cotton,  tobacco,  military  and  naval  stores, 
or  other  property  of  any  kind  whatever,  which  may  aid  the  enemy  in 
the  prosecution  of  the  war,  when   necessary  to  prevent  the  same,  or 
any  part  thereof,  from  falling  into  the  hands  of  the  enerny- 
Perpetuation  of  the      Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  the  owners  of  property  destroy- 
.St'ruotionaccord'ing  ^'^  Under  the  Operation  of  this  Act,  as  well  as  those  persons  who  shall 
to  act  of  issi,  Aug.  vol'jntarily  de.stroy  their  property  to  prevent  the  same  from  falling  into 
''■  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  are  hereby  authorized  to  perpetuate  the  tes- 

timony of  such  destruction,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  an  Act  of 
the  Provisional  Congress,  entitled  "An  Act  to  perpetuate  testimony  in 
cases  of  slaves  abducted  or  harbored  by  the  enemy,  and  of  other  pro- 
pert}-  seized,  wasted  or  destroyed  by  them,"  approved  thirtieth  August, 
rnticmnity  to  own- eighteen  hundred  and  sixty -one  ;  and  such  owners   and  persons  shall 

iraTun"/ ^*"'"'^°'™''"^  ®"^'"^*^  ^° '"'^^'^'^''-^  out  of  the  proceeds  of  property  sequestered 
and  confiscated  under  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States,  in  such 
manner  as  Congress  may  hereafter  provide. 

Approved  March  17,  1862. 


March  24, 1862.        Cinp.  Yi.—An  Act  to  regulate  the  compejisation  of  the  Officers  of  the  Senate  amd  of  the  House  of 
— ~- .  Sepresentativcs. 


Salary  of  the  Sec-       The    Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That 
re  ary     uena  e.       ^j^^  Secretary  of  the  Senate  shall  receive  an  annual  salary  of  twenty- 
five  hundred  dollars,  payable   monthly.     That  the   Secretary  of  the 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  7.     1862.  '      3 

Senate  be  allowed  to  appoint  an  assistant  Secretary  at  a  salary  of  two    Secretary  may  ap'- 
thousand  dollars  per  annum,  and  two  clerks  at  a  salary  of  fifteen  hun-  secretary    and"" two 
dred  dollars  per  annum,  each,  payable  monthly.     That  the   Sergeant- i-ierks. 
at-arms  of  the  Senate,  shall  receive  an  annual  salary  of  two  thousand     salaries  "of  '  Scr- 
dollars;  and  the   Doorkeeper  of  the  Senate   shall  receive  an   annual  seajjt-at-arms.^^Door^ 
salary  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars;  and  the    Assistant  Doorkeeper,  shall  the  Senate. 
receive  an  annual  salarj'  of  twelve  hundred  dollars,  all  payable  month- 
ly;  and  the  Page  of  the  Senate,   shalt   receive  an   allowance  of  two 
dollars  per  day,  during  the  session  of  the  Senate. 

Sec.  2.  Beit  further  enacted,  That  the  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Rep-  House'ot  Repre^sent^' 
resentatives  shad  receive  an   annual   salary  of  twenty-tive   hundred  'JTes. 
dollars,  payable  monthly.     That  the  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Represen-     cierk  may  appoint 
tatives  be  allowed  to    appoint  three   assistants,   at  a  salary  of  fifteen  ^^^^^^  sataries™'"'"" 
hundred  dollars  per  annum,  each,  payable  monthly.     That  the   Door-    salaries  of  Door- 
keeper of  the  House  of  Representatives   receive  an   annual  salary  of  H'^^pers  and  Pageaof 
two  thousand  dollars,  and  the   assistant  Doorkeeper  shall  receive  an 
annual  salary  of  twelve  hundred   dollars,   payable   monthly;  and  the 
Pages  of  the  House  of  Representatives  shall  receive  each,  an  allow- 
ance of  two  dollars  per  day,  during  the  session  of  the  House. 

Approved  March  24,  1862. 


Chap.  VII. — An  Act  to  establW^  cei'tain  Post  Routes  therein  named.  March  24,  1SC2. 


The   Congress  of  the  Confederate   States  of  America  do   enact,  That    Certain  post  routes 

,,/.,.•  L  t  t  •    1     ii  •        L.         L  I         J  L      established;    arid  ac- 

the  toUowing  post  routes,  upon  which  the  service  has   been  placed  by  ii„n    of  Postmaster 
the  Postmaster  General,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  established,  and  General   in  putting 

.  .  .  .  .  ,  -I  •  1  •       1  ,  mail  service  on  same, 

nis  action,  in  putting  the  mail  service  upon  the  same,  is  hereby  con-  confirmed, 
firmed,  to  wit :  A  post  route  from  Hernando,  by  Pleasant  Hill,  to  Olive 
Branch  in  the  State  of  Mississippi;  also  one  from  Waxahachie,  by 
Alvarado  and  Buchanan,  to  Acton,  in  the  State  of  Texas;  also,  from 
Goliad,  by  Cummengsville,  Beeville  and  San  Domingo,  to  Oakville,  in 
said  State  of  Texas  ;  also,  one  from  Sherman,  by  Chalybeate  Springs, 
Dickenson,  Delaware  and  Horse  Shoe  Bend,  to  Gainsville,  all  in  the 
State  of  Texas ;  also,  one  from  Dresden,  by  White  Rock,  Hillsboro 
and  Covington,  tn  Grand  View,  in  said  State  of  Texas. 

Sec.  2.  The  following  new  routes  are  also  hereby  established,  viz:  EstaWishnie.-it  of 
one  from  Camden  by  Buffalo,  to  Miller's  Bluff,  in  Ouachita  county,  in  routes?  °  "  ^"^ 
the  State  of  Arkansas  ;  also,  one  from  Walnut  Hill,  in  Lafayette  coun- 
ty, in  the  Slate  of  Arkansas,  by  Spring  Bank,  Bright  Star  and  Court- 
land,  Cass  county,  Texas,  to  Havannah  of  the  county  and  State  last 
aforesaid  ;  also,  a  post  route  in  the  State  of  Arkansas,  from  Washing- 
ton, in  Hempstead  county,  by  Ozan  Postoffice,  Willon  Postoflice,  on 
the  Little  Missouri  river,  Caddo  Gap  or  Centreville  Postoffice,  Caddo 
Postoffi'ceatFarr'sMill.McConneirsMill.Goodner's,  Hickey's,Waldron 
Postoffice,  to  Fort  Smith,  in  Sebastian  county;  also,  the  follow"ing 
routes  in  the  State  of  Georgia,  to  wit :  from  Valdosta,  by  R.  P.  Hutch- 
inson's to  Irwinville;  also  from  Covington,  by  way  of  Oak  Hill  and 
McDoiiough  to  Jonesboro  •  also,  a  post  route  from  Jonesborough,  in  the 
State  of  Tennessee,  to  Grassy  Cieek,  in  the  State  of  North  Carolina, 
crossing  the  Iron  Mountain  where  the  McDowell  and  Yancey  turnpike 
road  terminates. 

Approved  March  24,  1862. 


4  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  8,  9,  10.     1862. 

Marc})  24,   S62.  Chap.  vm. — An  Act  to  provide  for  thefurtTter  defence  of  the  Bay  ofMbMle,aiid  theAla- 

ia/ma  Eivev. 

Appropriation  for      ihe    Conffress  of  the  Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact.  That 

the  defence  of  Mobile    ,  °  '  ^  i      j   •!.  i   j    u  -      i.        i_ 

Bay  and  the  Alabama  the  sum   01  One  million  and  two  hundred   thousand  dollars  is  hereby 
'^^"'"  appropriated  for  the  further  defence  of  the   Bay  of  Mobile,  and  the 

Alabama  river,  to  be  expended,  at  the  discretion  of  the  President,  by 
the  Secretary  of  the  Navy:  and  that  the  disbursement  of  said  money 
shall   be  made  in  the  manner  provided  by  law  for  appropriations  for  the 
Nav3'. 
President  may  raise      g^c.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  President  is  hereby  author- 

a  corps  for  service  m.,  .  r         ,  -i  •  -fir 

said  bay  and  river,  ized  to  raise  a  corps  for  the  temporary  and  special  service  provided  lor 
in  the  first  section  of  this  act  in  the  Bay  of  Mobile,  and  the  Alabama 
river,  consisting  of  a  number  of  men  not  exceeding  six  thousand,  and 
of  such  commissioned  and  non-commissioned  officers,  and  of  such  rank 
as  the  President  may  deem  necessary,  who  shall  severally  receive 
such  pay  and  allowances  as  he  may  determine. 

Approved  March  24,  1862. 


March  25, 1862.  Chap.  IX. — An  Act  to  rpromde  a  staff  and  clerical  force  for  any  General  ijolio  may  "be  assigned 
ly  the  President  to  duty  at  the  seat  of  Government. 

The    Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
whenever  the  Pre.sident   shall  assign   a  General  to  duty  at  (he  seat  of 
Government,  the   said   General  shall  be  entitled  to  the  following  staff, 
6,^2dtoTuty"t"seat  'o  wit :  A  military  Secretary,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel;   four  aids-de- 
of Government.         camps,  with   the  rank  of  Major;  and   such  clerks,  not  to  exceed  four 
Pay  and"uowances.  in  number,  as  the  President   shall,  from  time  to  time,  authorize.     The 
pay  and  allowance  of  the  Military  Secretary   and  aids-de-camp,  shall 
be  the  same  as  those  of  officers  of  cavalry  of  like  grade ;  and  the  sal- 
aries of  the  clerks  shall  not  exceed  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum 
OfBces.fuei,  4c.,  to  for  each.     Such   offices,  office   furniture,  fuel  and  stationery,  shall  be 

D6  proviQ6u. 

provided  for  the  said  General  as  the  duties  of  his  office  may  render 
necessary,  to  be  paid  for  out  of  the  appropriation  for  the  contingent 
expenses  of  the  War  Department. 

Approved  March  25,  1862. 


March  25, 1862.  CuAP.  X.—  An  Act  to  regulate  the  compensation  of  Memiers  of  Congrets. 

miS,"ro°f1™to?s!      The   Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That 
Bepresentatives  and  the  Compensation  of  each   Senator,  Representative   and    Delegate  in 
gresf.'"^^ '"     °°    Congress  shall  be  twenty-seven   hundred  and   sixty   dollars  for  each 
year,  and  mileage  at  the  rate  of  twentj'  cents  per  mile  for  each  session. 
When  receivable,    (q  ^e   paid  in   manner  following,  to  wit:  On  the  first  day  of  the  <ir.st 
session  of  each  Congress,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  he  may  be  in  attend- 
ance and  apply,  each   Senator,  Representative  and  Dekgate  shall  re- 
ceive his  mileage  and  all  his  compensation,  from  the  beginning  of  his 
term,  to  be  coiuputed  at  the  rate  of  two  hundred  and  thirty  dollars  per 
month;  and  during  the  session,  compensation  at  the  sarrve  rate.     And 
on  the  first  day  of  the  second  or  any   subsequent  session,  he  shall  re- 
ceive   his    mileage   aforesaid  and   all  compensation  which  has  accrued 
during  the  adjournment  at. the  rate  aforesaid  ;   and  during  said  session 
Proviso.  compensation   at  the   same  rate :  Provided,   no   member  shall  receive 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  11.     1862.  5 

mileage  for  more  than  two  sessions  of  any  Congress,  unless  more  than 
twenty  days  shall  elapse  between  the  adjournment  of  one  session  and 
the  beginning  of  another. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  President  of  the  Senate  pro  iempore,  when  there  when  President  of 
shall  be  no  Vice-President,  or  the  Vice-President  shall  have  become  ^g^tJ^ecfiTecom- 
the  President  of  the  Confederate  States,  shall  receive  the  compensa-  !^-"|.pj.°si^"°J'^'^  *' 
tion  allowed  by  law  for  the  Vice-President ;  and  the  Speaker  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  shall  receive  double  the  compensation  above  speaker  of  the  Houae 
provided  for  Representatives,  payable  at  the  times  and  in  the  manner  p°ay''''aibwtrRepre°- 
above  provided  for  payment  of  the  compensation  of  Representatives,  seatatives. 

Sec.  3.  That  thisiaw  shall  apply  to.  the  present  Congress  ;  and  each 
Senator,  Representative  and  Delegate  shall  be   entitled  to  receive  the  to pr'e\enTcongrM».^ 
difference  only  between  ihe'n  per  diem  compensation,  already  received 
under  the  law  now  in   force,  and  the  compensation  provided  by  this 
act. 

Sec.  4.  That  it  shall  be  the  dut}'  of  the  Committee  on  Pay  and  Deduction  for  ab- 
Mileage  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Senate,  respectively,  to  deduct  from 
the  monthly  payment  of  members,  as  herein  provided  for,  the  amount 
of  his  compensation  for  each  day  that  such  member  shall  be  absent, 
without  leave,  from  the  Senate  or  House  respectively,  unless  such  Sen- 
ator, Representative  or  Delegate  shall  assign  as  the  reason  for  such  ab- 
sence the  sickness  of  himself  or  of  some  member  of  his  family. 

Approved  March  25,  1862. , 


Obap.  XI. — An  Act  to  regvZate  iJie  mode  of  paying  tlie  members  oftlie  Senate  and  JTouse  of      March  26,  ]862. 

JRepi'esentatives,  and  the  (disbursement  of  the  contingent  fmid, 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That ,  Compensation  due 
the  compensation  which  shall  be  due  by  law  to  the  members  and  offi-  cers  of  two  Houses 
cers  of  the  Senate  and  House   of  Representatives  of  the   Confederate  ^e  c'SffleT '  ''"  '° 
States,  shall  be  certified  as  follows,  to-wit :    That   which   shall  be  due 
to  the  membei-s  and  officers   of  the   Senate  shall  be  certified  by  the 
President  thereof,  and  that  which  shall  be  due  to  the  members  and  offi- 
cers of  the  House  shall  be  certified   by   the  Speaker  thereof,  and  the 
same  shall  be  passed   as  public  accounts   and  paid  out  of  the  public 
treasury. 

Sec.  2.  All  certificates  granted  by  the   President  and   Speaker,  as    Certificates  grant- 
aforesaid,  of  the  amount  of  compensation   due  as   aforesaid,   shall  be  conciusiTe. '^  ™  *^ 
deemed,  and  are  hereby  declared,  to  be  conclusive   upon   all  the  de- 
partments and  officers  of  the  Government  of  the  Confederate  States. 

Sec.  3.  All  moneys  which  have  been   or  which  may  be  hereafter    Payment  of  appro- 
appropriated  for  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  Senate  and  the  House  lentexpmsTsof  con- 
of  Representatives,   respectively,  shall  be  paid  at  the  Treasury  from  s>''=ss. 
time  to  time,  in  such   sums  as   the   President  of  the  Senate  and  the 
Speaker  of  the  House   may  approve,  on  the  requisition   and  draft  of 
the  Sergeant-at-arms  of  the   Senate  and  the   Clerk  of  the  House,  re- 
spectively, and  shall  be  kept,  disbursed  and  accounted  for  by  them,  re-    t^v  ^   ,     atob,, 
spectively,  according  to  law,  who  are  hereby  deemed  and  declared  to  disbursing  officers  of 
be  disbursing  officers.  said  appropriations. 

Sec.  4.  The  said  Sergeant-at'arms  and  Clerk  shall  each,  within  ten       To  give  bond. 
days  after  the  passage  of  this  act,   enter  into  bond,  with  one  or  more 
sureties  each,  to  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  in  the  Penalty. 

penal  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  each,  with  condition  for  the  faith-         Condition. 
ful  application  and  disbursement  of  such  funds  as  may  come  into  their 
hands,  respectively,  or  may  be  drawn   from  the  Treasury,  under  this 


6  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  12,  13.     1862. 

■Je^M*'™'^^'"''^  °'' ^"y  °'^^'' '^'^'i  ^^"'lif^l^   bonds    shall  be  deposited  in  the  Treasurer's 

office,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Sergeant-at-arms  and  Clerk,  here- 

Bisbursinj  officers  after  chosen,  to  give  bond  as  aforesaid,  within  ten  days  after  his  elec- 

hereafter  chosen  like-  tion  and  Undertaking  the  duties  thei'eof,  and  before  he  shall  draw  any 

wiee  to  gi7e  bond.         j      r^  i  •    -i-  i?  •  i 

draft  or  make  any  requisition  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  5.  All  payments  on  account  of  the  compensation  due  by  law 
Payments  to  be  by  to  the  members  and  officers  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa- 
'  '^'  tives,  respectively,  shall  be  by  drafts  drawn  by  the  Sergeant-at-arms  of 

the  Senate  and  the  Clerk  of  the  House,  respectively,  on  the  Treasu- 
rer, to  be  verified  by  the  certificates  of  the  President  of  the  Senate 
and  Speaker  of  the  House  aforesaid. 
Disbursement  of      Sec.  6.  The  disbursement  of  the  contingent  funds  of  the  two  Houses, 
|e°cf  to 'appreraro'f  hereby  placed    under  the  control  of  the    said  Sergeant-at-arms   and 
committee  of    ac-  Clerk,  respectively,  shall,  before   payment,  be  approved  by  the  Com- 

rrittee  of  Accounts  in  each  of  said  Houses  respectively. 
5ubmitted','"and'°d!'st      ^^^-  "^ '  "^he  said  Sergeant-at-arms  and  Clerk  shall  regularly  submit 
bursemeut  to  be  in  estimates  to  their  respective  Committees  on  Accounts,  and  no  disburse- 
Mcordance  with  esti-  ^^^^^  ^j-  jj^^  contingent  funds  of  either  House  shall  be  audited  by  said 
committees,  except  in  accordance  with  such  estimates. 
Tabular  statements      Sec.  8.  The  said  Sergeant-at-arms  and  Clerk  shall,  as  soon  as  prac- 
bursfncl^fficers^at'the  t'cable  after  the  close  of  the  present  and  each  succeeding  session, 
close  of  each  session,  make  Up  a  tabular  statement  of  all  appropriations  made  during  the  ses- 
sion, and  also  a  table  or  statement  showing  the  names  and  compensa- 
tion of  the  clerks  and  officers  of  each  House,  together  with  a  detailed 
statement  of  the  items  of  expenditure  out  of  said  contingent  funds  for 
the  next  immediately  preceding  session  ;  in  which  statement  the  dis- 
bursements shall  be  arranged  under  the  several  heads  of  printing,  sta- 
tionery, and  so  on,  until  each  and  every  head  of  expenditure  has  been 
specified  and  described,  with  the  cost  of  ever)'  item:  and  which  state- 
ment shall  exhibit,  also,  the  several  sums  drawn  by  the  said  Sergeant- 
at-arms  and  Clerk,  respectively,  from  the  Treasury,  and  the  balances, 
if  any,  remaining  in  their  hands.     Said  Sergeant-at-arms  and  Clerk 
prtote'™lnd  sent 'to  shall  cause  Said  statements  to  be  printed  and  a  copy  thereof  sent  to  each 
members  of  Congress  member  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable. 

Approved  March  26,  1862. 


M.-.,!,  oa  -  QA-->        Chjlp  XII  — An  Act  to  Hx  the  times  for  holcUna  tht>  Confederate  Court  for  the  ITorthem  JHstriet 
March  /a,  jbti.,.  -  ^^  Georgia. 


Time  for  holding      The  Co!7gress  of  the   Confederate   States  of  .America  do  enact,  That 
ocnfederate  court  for  [jereafter  the   Confederate  Court  for  the  Northern  District  of  Georgia 
Georgfa"    '^  ™   "  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  the   months  of  June  aud  De- 
cember in  each  year. 
Laws  repealed  Sec.  2.  That  all  laws  Conflicting  with  this  act  be,  and  the  same  are 

hereby,  repealed. 
Approved  March  28,  1862. 


1     -1  o  ^<!l•o         CuiP.  XIII.— ^n  Act  to  enable  the  States  assuminq  the  payment  of  their  quotas  of  the  war  taa, 
April  i,  J60.,.  f^  p^y  ff^^  jg„j^  i„fg  f/jg  Treasury. 

The   Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
if  any  State  which  has  agreed  to  assume  the  payment  of  her  quota  of 


FIRST  CONGKESS.     Sess.  L     Ch.  14,  15,  16,     1862.  1 

■Jhe  tax  imposed  by  the  act  approved  August  19th,  1861,  entitled  "An    ^^^Zi'^^oT'^&X 

Act  to  autiiori.se  the  issue  of  Treasury  Notes,  and  to  provide  a  war  tax  quotas  of  the  war 

for  their  redemption,"  shall  not  have  been   furnished  with  a  correct  ^^^'^  !^°n,J„^^'''t,ere- 

collated  list  of  the  taxes  assessed  on  the   people   of  such  State  before  of  '"'o  the  Treasury. 

the  first  day  of  April,  1862,  the  Secretaiy  of  the  Treasury  shall  agree 

with  the  Governor  of  such  State  upon  the  probable  amount  of  such 

assessment,  and  the  'State  shall  be  entitled  to  pay  the  same,  less  ten 

per  centum,  in  like  manner,  and  with  like  effect,  as  if  such  payment 

had  been  made  before  the  said  tirst  day  of  April :    Provided,  however,  „     . 

That  when  the  corrected  assessment  is  made  out,  such  State  shall  pay 

to  the  Confederate  Government  or  receive  therefrom,  as  the  case  may 

be,  the  deficiency  or  excess  of  the  correct  amount  due  from  heron  the 

assessment,  allowing  to  the  State  the  deduction  of  ten  per  centum  on 

the  deficiency,  if  any. 

Approved  April  2,  186S. 


Chap.  XIV.— ^n  Act  to  autlMrise  the  Pre&.dent  to  increase  Jds.per&enal  staff.  April  5, 1862. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That  ^j.^^^p'^n'owe'd' the 
•during  the  existing  war  the  President  may,  as  Commander-in-chief  of  President      Their 
the  forces,  appoint,  at  his  discretion,  for  his  personal  staff,   four  aids-  ances.  ""^  ° 
de-camp,  in  addition  to  the  number  now  allowed  by  law,  with  the  rank, 
pay  and  allowances  of  a  colonel  of  cavalry. 

Approved  April  2,  1862.  ' 


Chap.  XV. — An  Act  to  fix  the  compensation  of  the  President  of  the  Gonfidet  ate  States.  April  3, 1862. 


The  Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That  _..|a'a''y »' th'-Pre- 
tfae  President  shall  receive  for  his  services   during  his  term  of  office,  tie  quarterly  in'ad- 
an  annaal  salary  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  payable  quarterly  in  '*''""=<=• 
advance,  to  commence  on  the  twenty-second  day  of  February,  eight- 
een hundred  and  sixty-two,   the  tim-e   at  which  he  entered  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  until  a  suitable  Executive  Rent  of  executive 
mansion  shall  be  provided  for  the  President,  the  reat.of  ojie  suited  to  ™tue''GoT°ernmS"' 
the  purpose  shall  be  paid  by  the  Government. 

Approved  April  3,  1862. 


Chap.  XVJ. — An  ActmakiiiQ  appropriations  for  Vie  support  of -the  Government  from  April-first       April  3,1S62. 
to  the  thirtieth  of  Noveiriber,  eighteen  himdred  and  sixt//-two,  and  for  ohjects  hereinafter  ex-  ~ 


The    Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  Amerwa  do  enact,  That  ,.  Apropna  jobs  for 

,,         r  ^^         •  -^     .  J-',!  ,  •'      ,  •    ,     1         ,      r-""^    support    of    the 

the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  appropriated  out  of   Government  from 
any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  support  3o"i3G2.'° '^'"^""''^ 
of  the  Government  fi'om  April  first  to  November  thirtieth,  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-two,  and  for  the  objects  hereafter  expressed  : 

Legislative. — For  pay  and  mileage  of  Senators,   seventy  thousand       iegisiatiTe. 
^siollars. 


S  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I      Ch.  16.     1862-. 

For  compensation  of  officers,  clerks,  &c.,  of  the  Senate,  eight  thou- 
sand four  hundred  and  sixty-seven  dollars. 

For  contingent  expenses  of  the  Senate,  eight  thousand  dollars. 
For  pay  and  mileage   of  Members  and  Delegates  of  the 'House  of 
Representatives,  three  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

For  compensation  of  officers,  clerks,  &c.,of  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives, seven  thousand  one  hundred  dollars. 

For  contingent  expenses  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  ten  thou- 
sand dollars. 

For  printing  for  Congress,  fifteen  thousand  four  hundred  and  sixteen 
dollars  and  sixty-seven  cents. 
Bj!€cuiiTe.  Executive. — For  compensation  of  the   President  of  the  Gonfederate- 

States,  seventeen  thousand  dollars. 

For  compensation  of  the  Vice-President  of  the  Confederate  States, 
four  thousand  dollars. 
*  For  compensation  of  Private  Secretary  and  Messenger  of  the  Presi- 

dent, one  thousand  three  hundred  dollars. 

For  contingent  and  telegraphic  expenses  of  the  Executive  Office, 
one  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 
Office  of  Secretary      FoF  Compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  Assistant  Secretary  of 
of  state;       State,  Clerks  and  Messenger,  eight  thousand  two  hundred  and  sixty- 
two  dollars  and  sixty-seven  cents, 
or  Secretary  of      For  Compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  Assistant  Sec- 
Treasury;      j-etary  of  the  Treasury,  Auditors,  Comptroller,  Register  and  Treasurer, 
and  clerks,  and  messengers  and  laborers  in  the  Treasury  Department, 
one  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  dollars. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Treasury  Department, 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars, 
of  Secretai-j  of      For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Assistant  Secretar}'  of 
^"'  War,  Chiefs  of  Bureaus,  and  clerks  and  messengers  in  the  War  De- 

partment, eight}'  thousand  dollars. 

For   Commissioner    of  Indian   Affairs,  clerks  and  messengers,  and 
contingent  expenses,  four  thousand  dollars, 
of  Secretary  of      For   compensation   of  the   Secretary  of  the   Navy,  and  clerks  and 
'*"'■'''  messengers,  &c.,  fourteen  thousand  six  hundred  and  four  dollars  and 

forty-nine  cents. 

For  incidental  and   contingent  expenses  of  the  Navy  Department, 
eight  thousand  dollars, 
of  Postm,-ister      For  Compensation  of  the   Postmaster  General.  Chiefs  of  Bureaus, 
eoerai;        ^^^  clerks,  messengers  and  laborers  in  the  Post-Office  Department,  fifty 
thousand  two  hundred  and  thirty-two  dollars  and  eighteen  cents. 

For  temporary  clerks  in  the  Post-Office  Department,  eight  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  thirty-four  dollars  and  seventeen  cents. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Post-Office  Depart- 
ment, eight  thousand  three  hundred  and  thirty  four  dollars  and  seven- 
teen cents, 
of  AttorneyCen-      For  Compensation  of  the  Attorney  General,  Assistant  Attorney  Gen- 
"^'  eral,  clerks  and  messengers,  eight  thousand  two  hundred  and  sixty-six 

dollars  and  sixty-seven  cents. 
Superinteixient Pub-      For   Compensation  of  the   Superintendent  of  Public   Printing,  and 
lining.  clerks  and  messengers  in  bis  office,  two  thousand  eight  hundred  and 

sixty-six  dollars  and  sixty-seven  cents. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Department  of  Justice, 
one  thousand  one  hundred  and  sixty-six  dollars  and  sixty-seven  cents, 
Ptinting.  For  printing  for  the  several  Executive  Departments  of  the  Govern- 

ment, one  hundred  and  twenty-four  thousand  six  hundred  and  eighty- 
four  dollars  and  thirty-eight  cents. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.  Sess.  I.     Ch.  16.     1862.  &. 

If- 
For  rent  of  Executive  Building-s  and  other  expenses  attending;  re-   ,''™'  ?"''  ""o^a' 

J?  ,  '   ,  J   J    11     "  ofseatofGoTernment 

moval  ot  seat  ot  Government  to  Richmond,  seven  thousand  dollars. 

Judicial. — For  salaries  of  Judges,  Attorneys  and  Marshals,  and  for  judicial, 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  Courts,  one  hundred  and  seven- 
teen thousand  dollars. 

Miscellaneous. — To  supply  deficiencies  in  the  revenue  of  the  Post-      Miscellaneous. 
Office  Department,  one  million  four  hundred  and  fifty-one  thousand 
six  hundred  and  two  dollars  and  thirty-one  cents. 

For  engraving  and  printing  Treasury  notes,  bonds  and  certificates  of    Treasury  noteg, 
stock,  and  for  paper  for  same,  one  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

For  compensation  of  agents,  cost  of  materials  and  constructing,  re-    Telegraph  nnea. 
pairing   and   operating   telegraph   lines,    &c.,  (act   approved    May  21, 
1S61,)  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

For  salaries  of  Chief  Collectors  and  Sub-Collectors  of  the  War  Tax,  Collectors  ot  ■ffar 
two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

For  wages  of  Assessors  of  War  Tax,  and  for  printing,  three  hun-       Assessors. 
dred  thousand  dollars. 

For  salaries  of  Commissioners  under  the  Sequestration  Act,  and  for  Commissioners,  Ac, 
clerk  hire,  and  incidental  and  contingent  expenses,  seven  thousand  ™^"  Sequestration 
four  hundred  and  twenty-one  dollars  and  eighteen  cents. 

For  preserving  unfinished  work  upon  the  Charleston  Custora-House,  ciiarieston  Custom 
one  thousand  dollars.  nouse. 

For  rent  of  the  Executive  Buildings,  eleven  thousand  six  hundred  Executive  Buildings. 
and  twenty  dollars. 

Foreign   Intercourse. — For  salaries   of  Ministers,   Commissioners,     Foreign  inters 
Secretaries,  or  other  officers  employed  by  the  Government  in  relation  '=™"^- 
to  intercourse  with  foreign  governments,  and  incidental,  miscellaneous 
and  contingent  necessities,  &c.,  sixty  thousand  dollars. 

Public  Debt. — For  interest  on  the  Public  Debt,  one  million  five  hun-       Public  Debt, 
dred  thousand  dollars. 

War  Department. — For  the  pay  of  officers  and  privates  of  the  army,     ^'^''  Department, 
volunteers  and  militia,  in  the  public  service  of  the  Confederate  States;     pay  of  officers,  4c. 
and  for  Quartermasters  supplies  of  all  kinds,  transportation   and  other 
necessary  expenses,  one  hundred  and  fifty-five  million  dollars. 

For  the  purchase  of  Subsistence  Stores  and  Commissary  property,  subsistence  stores. 
twenty-nine  million  dollars. 

For  the  Ordnance  Service  in  all  its  branches,  eleven  million  dollars,     oi-dnance Service. 

For  the  Engineer  Service,  one  million  eight  hundred  thousand  dol-  Engineer  Service. 
lars. 

For  the  Surgical  and  Medical  Supplies  of  the  Army,  two  million  surgical  and  Medi- 
four  hundred  thousand  dollars.  "  "''^  Supplies. 

For  contingent  expenses  of  the  Adjutant  and  Inspector  General's  Contingent  ex.- 
Department,  including  ofiice  furniture,  stationery,  blanks,  record  books,  and°inspectm'''^Gene- 

&C.,  ten  thousand  dolkrs.  ral's  Department. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Army,  and  of  the  incidental  and  con- 
Department  of  War,  two  hundred  thousan:'  dollars.  "'°''°  expenses. 

For  floating  defences  of  the  Western  Waters,  five  hundred  thousand     Floating  defences, 
dollars,  in  accordance  with  the   letter  of  the  President  of  March  24, 
1862,  to  be  expended  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Indian   Treaties. — To  carry  into  effect  treaty  with   the  Creeks,  of    Indian  Treaties. 
July  10,  1861,  forty-nine  thousand  one  hundred  and  forty  dollars. 

To  carry  into  effect  treaty  with  the  Choctows   and  Chickasaws  of    Choctawa  an* 
July  12,  1861,  sixty-one  thousand  one  hundred  and  twenty-six  dollars  cwciiasaws. 
and  eighty-nine  cents. 

To  carry  into  effect  treaty  with  the  Cherokees,  of  October  7,  1861,  Cherokees. 

four  hundred  and  forty-six  dollars  and  eighty-four  cents. 


10  FIRST  CONGRESS.  Sess.  I.     Ch.  16,  17.     1862. 

Comanches.  ^q  carry  into  effect  treaty  with  the   Comatiches,  of  August  12th, 

1861,  one  hundred  and  forty  thousand,  one  hundred  and   sixty-seven 
dollars. 
Osages.  To  carry  into  effect  treaty  with  the  Osages,  of  October  2,  1861,  two 

tnousand  and  eighty-six  dollars  and  fifty-eight  cents. 
Quapaws.  fo  Carry  into  effect  treaty  with  the  Quapaws,    of  October  4,    1861, 

one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  twenty-three  dollars   and   twenty- 
three  cents. 
Reserve  Indians.         To  Carry  into  effect  treaty  with  the  Reserve  Indians,  of  August  12, 
1861,  one  hundred  and  thirteen  thousand  one  hundred   and  fifty-nine 
dollars. 
Senecas  and  Shaw-      To  carry  into  effect  treaty  with  the  Senecas  and  Shawnees   of  Oc- 
"**'■  tober  4,  1861,  three  thousand  six  hundred  and  eleven  dollars  and  sixty 

cents. 
andTgmts" ic'!''™^      •^°''  P^J  °^  Superintendents  and  Agents,  and  incidental  and  contin- 
gent expenses  of  the  several  Indian  agencies,  eighteen  thousand,  two 
hundred  and  sixty-four  dollars  and  twenty-eight  cents. 
Kavy  Departiaenf      J\''avy  Department. — For  pay  of  the  Navy,  one  million,  seven   hun- 
dred and  sixteen  thousand,  two  hundred  and   thirty-three  dollars  and 
twenty-nine  cents. 
cioihiDg.'*""'^ ''"*      For  provisions  and  clothing,  and  contingencies  in   the   Paymaster's 
Department,  one  million  and  four  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars. 
nanceTtores""^ '^'^'^       ^°''  0>'dnance  and  Ordnance  Stores,  one  million,  six  hundred  and 
sixt)'  thousand  dollars. 
Nautical  instru-      For  purchase  of  nautical  instruments,  books  and  charts,  fifty  thou- 
'°*'"'-  sand  dollars. 

Iron-clad   vessels.      Por  Construction  of  iron-clad  vessels,  three  millions  of  dollars. 
Equipments, ic, of      For  equipment  and  repair  of  vessels,  three  hundred  and  fifty  thou- 

vcssels.  J   J    11 

sand  dollars. 

^"^'-  For  purchase  of    fuel  for  steamers,   navy-yards,  and  stations,  one 

million  dollars. 

^Medical  supplies,      ^qv  medical  supplies  and  surgeon's  necessaries,  sixty-one  thousand 

five  hundred  dollars. 

Contingents.  ^q,.  contingents  enumerated,  four  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Hemp.  por  purchase  of  hemp  for  the  Navy,  seventy-five  thousand  dollars. 

Marine  Corps.  For  support  of  the  Marine  Corps  (including  Bounty)  two  hundred 

and  fort^'-three  thousand  three  hundred  and  twenty-two  dollars. 

Iron-dad  vessels  in      For  Construction  of  iron-clad   vessels  in  Europe,   two  millions  of 

Europe.  11, 

dollars. 
Territorial.  Territorial. — For  salaries  of  the  Governor  and  Commissioner  of  In- 

Arisona  Territory,  dian  Affairs  and  Secretary,  Judges,  Attorney  and   Marshal  of  Arizona 
Territory,  six  thousand  five  hundred  and  sixty  dollars. 

For  compensation  of  members  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Ari- 
zona Territory  and  pay  of  officers,  tweWe  thousand  dollars. 

For  contingent  expenses  of  the   Legislative  Assembly  of  Arizona 
Territory,  including  printing  the  laws,  five  thousand  dollars. 

For  contingent  expenses  of  Arizona  Territory,  seven  hundred  and 
seven  dollars. 

Approved  April  3,  1862. 


April  S,  ISCl.         Chap.  'STU.—An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  approved  May,  lOiA,  1S61,  entitled   "An  Act  to  amend 
! An  Act  to  prwide  for  Vie  pvolic  rfc/ence,"  approved  March  6Wi,  1S61. 

The    Congress  of  the  Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact.  That 
the  act  approved  May  10th,  1861,  entitled  an  act  to  amend  an  act  to 


FIRST  CONGRESS.  Sess.  I.     Ch.  18,  19.     1862. 


11 


provide  for  the  public  defence,  approved  March  6th,  1861,  be,  and  the-j|,^cwjM^  May 
same  is  hereby  so  amended  as  to  apply  also  to  companies  received  into  apply  to  companies 
service  for  duty  as  Heavy  Artillery.  Sry.  '''  "'"'^ 

Sec.  2.  The  provisions  of  this  act  and  of  the  act  of  May  10th,  1861,    jjn°J''J,7Li'ht°°"d 
shall  extend  to  all  companies  of  Light  and  Heavy  Artillery,  which  are  Heavy  Artnilry."" 
now  in,  or  may  be  hereafter  received  into  the   service,  and  all  acts  or 
parts  of  acts  in  conflict  therewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  April  3,  1862. 


Chap.  XVm. 


—An  Act  to  remit  tlie  duty  on  Railroad  iron  sufficient  to  complete  the  Alabama  and 
Mississippi  Hivers  Railroad, 


April  T,  1S63. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That    Duty  on    certain 
the  duty  on  Railroad  iron  sufficient  to  complete  the  road  on  the  route  ",5'™^*  '™°'  "™'' 
from  Selma   in  Alabama  to  Meridian  in    Mississippi,  held  in  bond,  or 
which  may  hereafter  be  imported,  and  procured  for  the  purpose  stated 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  remitted:   Providei,   such  iron  shall  be  im-  Proviso, 

ported  or  purchased  and  used  solely  for  the  purpose  stated,  within 
three,  months  from  the  date  of  the  passage  of  this  act. 

Approved  April  7,  1862. 


Chap.  XIX. — An  Act  to  provide  for  the  organization  of  the  Arkansas  and  Red  River  Superin- 
tendency  of  Indian  AJfairs,  to  regulate  trade  and  intercourse  with  the  India-ns  therein,  and  to 
preserve  peace  on  the  frontiers. 


April  3, 1862. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
the  Superintendency  of  Indian  Affairs,  for  all  the  Indian  country  an- 
nexed to  the  Confederate  States,  that  lies  west  of  Arkansas  and  Mis- 
souri, north  of  Texas,  and  east  of  Texas  and  New  Mexico,  is  hereby 
continued,  and  shall  be  called  the  Arkansas  and  Red  River  Superin- 
tendency of  Indian  Affairs,  and  the  Superintendent  thereof  shall  reside 
at  Fort  Smith,  or  Van  Buren,  in  the  State  of  Arkansas,  until  other- 
wise ordered  by  the  President ;  shall  give  bond  to  the  Confederate 
States,  with  sufficient  sureties,  in  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars, 
conditioned  like  those  of  the  agents  hereinafter  prescribed,  and  shall 
receive  a  salar}'  of  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and 
be  allowed  a  clerk,  at  an  annual  compensation  of  one  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

Sec.  2.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Superintendent  of  In- 
dian Affairs  for  the  Arkansas  and  Red  River  Superintendency,  shall, 
within  his  superintendency,  exercise  a  general  supervision  and  con- 
trol over  the  official  conduct  and  accounts  of  all  officers  and  persons 
employed  by  the  Government  in  the  Indian  Department,  under  such 
regulations  ,as  shall  be  adopted  or  established  b_v  the  President  of  the 
Confederate  States;  and  may  suspend  such  officers  and  persons  from 
their  ofBces  or  employments,  for  reasons  forthwith  to  be  communicated 
to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  following  Indian  Agents 
shall  be  continued  or  appointed  by  the  President,  each  of  ,whom  shall 
give  bond,  with  two  or  more  sureties,  to  the  Confederate  States,  in  the 
penal  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars,  if  he  disburses  annually  more 
than  fifty  thousand  dollars  ;  and  in  ten  thousand  dollars,  if  he  disburses 
annually  less  than  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  more  than  twenty  thousand 


Arkansas  and  Red 
River  Superintenden- 
cy of  Indian  Affairs. 


Bond. 


Condition. 


Blay  suspend  ofli" 
cers  and  others. 


Indian  Agents. 


12  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  19.     1862. 

dollars;  and  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  if  he  disburses  annually 
Condition.  less  than   twenty  thousand  dollars;  conditioned  for  the  faithful  per- 

formance of  the  duties  of  their  office,  and  that  he  will  faithfully  dis- 
burse, pay  out  and  apply  all  moneys  placed  in  his  hands  as  agent,  and 
render  true  and  just  accounts,  as  provided  by  the  regulations  of  the 
War  Department,  of  the  receipt  and  expenditure  of  all  moneys  and 
property  of  every  description  entrusted  to  him,  or  coming  to  his  hands 
in  his  official  capacity,  and  pay  over  all  balances  and  deliver  all  pro- 
perty that  may,   at  any  time,  remain  in  his  hands,  on  the  order  or  re- 

Compenaation.  quisition  of  the  War  Department  or  Bureau  of  Indian  Affairs ;  and 
each  of  such  agents  shall  receive  an  annual  compensation  of  fifteen 
hundred  dollars  ;   that  is  to  say  : 

Osage  Agency.  An  Agent  for  the  Osages,  Senecas,  Senecas  and  Sharwnees  and  Qua- 

paws,  whose  agency  shall  be  known  as  the  Osage  Agency  ; 

Cherokee  Agency.  An  Agent  for  the  Cherokees,  whose  agency  shall  be  known  as  the 
Cherokee  Agency  ; 

Creek  Agency.  An  Agent  for  the   Creeks,  whose   agency  shall  be  known    as  the 

Creek  Agency; 

Seminole  Agency.        An  agent  for  the   Seminoles,  whose  agency  shall  be  known  as  the 
Seminole  Agency  ; 
cwctasaw  Ajency"^      ^'^  agent  for  the  Choctaws  and  Chickasavvs,  whose  agency  shall  be 

known  as  the  Choctaw  and  Chickasaw  Agency; 
^ Wichita  Reserve  An  agent  for  the  Wichitas,  Comanches,  Kichais,  Huecos,  Cado-ha- 
da-chos,  Ta-hua-ca-ros,  Ton-ca-wes,  An-a  dagh-cos,  Ai-o-nais,  Kicka- 
poos,  Shawnees  and  Delawares,  in  the  country  leased  from  the  Choc- 
taws and  Chickasaws,  whose  agency  shall  be  known  as  the  Wichita 
Reserve  Agency. 

Discontinuance  or      Sec.  4.  And  be  it  furt/ier  enacted,  That  the  President  shall  be,  and 

ansero  agency,  j^^  j^  hereby,  authorized,  whenever  he  may  deem  it  expedient,  to  dis- 
continue any  Indian  Agency,  or  to  transfer  the  same  from  the  place  or 
Nation  designated  by  law,  to  such  other  place  or  Nation,  as  the  public 
service  may  require. 

wiiere  .agent  to  re-  Sec.  5.  And  be  it  furthei' enacted,  That  every  Indian  Agent  shall 
reside  and  keep  his  agency  upon  the  reserve  selected  for  an  agency, 
within  the  country  of  the  Nation,  or  one  of  the  Nations  for  which  he 
may  be  agent,  and  shall  not  depart  from  the  limits  of  such  country  at 
any  time,  or  for  any  length  of  time,  without  the  permission  of  the 
Superintendent,  or  of  the  Commissioner  of  Indian  Affiiirs,  granted  for 
special  and  urgent  reasons  only,  on  penalty  of  immediate  removal 
from  office. 

Limits  of  each      Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  limits  of  each  agency 
agency.  shall  be  the   country  of  the   Nation,  or  Nations,  for  which  it  is  estab- 

Duties  of  agents,  lished.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  agent,  within  the  limits  of 
his  agency,  to  manage  and  superintend  the  intercourse  with  the  In- 
dians, agreeably  to  law;  to  obey  all  legal  instructions  given  to  him  by 
the  Secretaiy  of  War,  the  Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs,  or  the 
Superintendent  of  Indian  Affairs,  and  to  carry  into  effect  such  regula- 
tions as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Pre.sident. 

Additional  security  Sec.  7.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  President  may  at  any 
time  require  additional  security,  and,  in  larser  amounts,  from  all  per- 
(sons  charged  or  entrusted,  under  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States, 
with  the  tran.sportation,  disbursement  or  application  of  money,  goods 
or  effects  of  any  kind,  on  account  of  the  Indian  Department. 

Interpreter  allowed      Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  one   interpreter  shall  be 

each  agency.  allowed  to  each  agency,  except  that  for  the  Wichitas  and  other  bands, 

who  shall  receive  an  annual   compensation  of  lour  hundred   dollars  ; 

Compensation.       ^^^  ^j^^^  ^^^    ^^^  AVichita   Agency   one  may   be   allowed   for  each 


FIEST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  19.     1862.  13 

different  language  spoken,  each  of  whom  shall  receive  a  compensation 
of  four  hundred  dollars  per  annum ;  except  those  for  the  Comanches, 
and  for  the  Wichitas,  Hue-cos,  and  Ta-hua-ca-ros,  each  of  whom  shall 
receive  a  compensation  of  four  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  or,  in  lieu 
of  part  of  these,  one  interpreter  maybe  employed  for  the  Comanches, 
Wichitas,  Hue-cos,  Ta-hua-ca-ros,  Cado-ho-da-chos,  and  An-a-dagh- 
cos,  at  a  compensation  of  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum.  These 
interpreters  shall  be  selected  by  the  Superintendent,  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  respective  agents,  or  upon  his  own  knowledge  of 
their  competency  and  good  character,  and  may  be  suspended  bj*  the 
agent,  from  pay  and  duty,  the  circumstances  being  by  him  reported  to 
the  Superintendent  for  final  action.  In  the  appointment  of  interpre- 
ters, preference  shall  be  given  to  persons  of  Indian  descent,  and  of  the  preference  given 
same  nation,  for  which  they  are  appointed,  if  such  can  be  found,  who  '»  persons  of  Indian 
are  properly  qualified  for  the  execution  of  their  duties. 

Sec.  9.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  blacksmiths  and    wagon-    Blacksmiths     and 
makers  shall,  in   like  manner,   be   employed,  wherever  required  by  w^gon-maiters. 
Treaty  stipulations,  and   shall  receive  such  compensation   as   may  be 
fixed  by   treaties,  or  in   the   absence  of  such  provision   by   treaty,   an 
annual  compensation  of  not  more  than  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ;     Compensation, 
and  if  they  furnish  their  shop  and  tools,  an  additional  compensation  of 
.one  hundred  and  twenty  dollars  per  annum  :   and  their  assistants  shall     Their  assistants. 
be  allowed  an  .annual  compensation  of  two  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ; 
and  whenever  other  mechanics,  teachers  or  physicians  are  required  by     other  mechanics 
Treaty  stipulations  to  be  provided,  they  shall  be,  in  like   manner  em-  teachers   or    physi- 
ployed,  and  the  male  teachers  shall  receive  an  annual  compensation  of  ""c^^np^n^aUon. 
not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  female  teachers   an   annual   com- 
pensation of  not  more  than  six  hundred  dollars;  physicians  an  annual 
compensation  of  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  and   mechanics 
an  annual   compensation   of  not   more   than    seven   hundred  and  fifty- 
dollars.     Farmers  and  laborers,  required  by  Treaty   stipulations  )o  be 
furnished,  shall  be  employed  by  the  Agents,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Superintendent,  unless  the  Superintendent  himself  sees  fit  to  em- 
ploy them,  vi'hich   he  may   do  ;  and  their  compensation   shall  not,  in 
any  case,  be  greater  for  farmers  than   six  hundred  dollars   per  annum, 
and  for  laborers,  than  forty  dollars  per  month. 

Sec.  10.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the   salaries   and   annual    salaries,  4c.,  to  be 
compensations  provided  by  this  act  shall  be  in  full  of  all  emoluments  jJJeits!  e°xcept  ^6^."" 
or  allowances  whatever,  except  such  fees  as   are  hereinafter  specially 
allowed   to   be   received  :    Provided,  however.  That  reasonable   allow-  _ 

ances  and  provisions  may  be  made  for  office  rent  and  office  contingen- 
cies;  and  that  when  the  Superintendent  or  Agent  is  required,  in  the 
performance  of  the  duties  prescribed  by  this  act,  to  travel  from  one 
place  to  another,  he  shall  be  allowed  the  same  expenses  of  travel,  or 
mileage  and  transportation,  as  may  be  allowed  to  officers  of  the  army, 
and  such  additional  allowance  for  transportation  and  expenses  of  tra- 
veling in  the  Indian  country,  as  the  Secretary  may  be  satisfied  is  just; 
hni  provided,  also,  that  no  allowance  shall  be  made  to  any  such  officer 

Proviso 

for  travel  or  expenses,  in  going  to  the  Seat  of  Government  to  settle 
his  accDunts,  or  returning  therefrom,  unless  ordered  thither  for  that 
purpose,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs,  or  Secretary  of  War. 

Sec.  11.  And  he  it  further  enacted.  That  no  person  shall  hold  more     no  person  to  hoW 
than  one  office  under  this  act  at  one  and  the  same  time  ;   nor  shall  any  more  than  one  office. 

.  ■  I  1-  u-1        u  1       Agent  or   interpre- 

Agent  or  Interpreter  receive  any  salary  or  compensation,  while  absent  ter  absent  withont 
from  the  Agency,  without  leave  of  the  Superintendent  or  Commission-  ^^l^?' '°  ^'^'^^■""^  e« 
er  of  Indian  Affairs;  >ind  if  an  Interpreter  be  absent,  without  leave  of 


14  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  19.     1862. 

and  Interpreter  {{je  Superintendent  or  Comn:iissioner,  for  more  than  sixty  days,  at  any 

may  be  removed  from  .'        -luni  xc-i.  ri-  ir  /n 

office.  one  time,  it  shall  be  snfiicient  cause  of  his  removal  from  oince. 

Superintendents,      Sec.  12.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  no  Superintendent,  Agent 

fl-sr^noT  to'ta'de  o''  Interpreter,  shall   have  any  interest  or  concern  in  any   mercantile 

wiUiindians;  establishment  in  the  Indian  country,  or   in    any  trade  carried  on    with 

the  Indians,  under  the  penalty  of  immediate  removal  from  office,  and 

perpetual  disqualification  to  hold  any  office  under  the   Indian  Bureau  ; 

nor  be  concerned  and  neither  of  them  shall  be  concerned  or   interested  in  any  claim  on 

LVfTf  rteTndLns;  behalf  of   the  Indians    against  the    Confederate   States,    of  any  kind 

nor    to  receive  whatever,  nor  receive   any   compensation    fee  or  gratuity  whatever 

any    compensation  „  ii_ij-  •  i  r  r  ■  -lU 

for  certain  services,  irom  the  Indians,  in  any  shape,  manner  or  lorm,  for  any  services  in  trie 
presentation  or  recovery  of  any  such   claim,  or  the  collection  of  any 
moneys  from   the  Government,  for  individual  Indians,  or  for  the  Na- 
Penaity.  tion  ;   and  any   person    so  offending  shall  be   deemed  guilty   of  misde- 

meanor in  office,  corruption  and  extortion,  shall  be  forthwith  removed, 
and,  upon  conviction  thereof  by  indictment,  shall  be  punished  by  fine 
of  not  less  than  five  hundred,  nor  more  than  five  thousand  dollars,  and 
imprisonment  not  less  than  six  months  nor  more  than  five  years,  and 
be  condemned  to  make  restitution  of  the  whole  amount  of  the  compen- 
sation, fee  or  gratuity,  so  received,  with  interest  at  the  rate  of  ten  per 
cent,  per  annum  from  the  time  when  he  received  the  same  ;  and  shall 
also  be  forever  disqualified  to  hold  any  office,  civil  or  military,  under 
the  Confederate  States. 
Paymests  of  annu-  Seu.  13.  And  be.  it  further  enacted.  That  payment  of  all  annuities, 
and  other  sums  of  money,  stipulated  b3'  treaty  or  directed  by  law,  to 
be  paid  to  the  Cherokees,  Creeks,  Choctaws  and  Chickasaws,  shall  be 
made  to  the  Treasurer  of  each  Nation,  or  to  such  other  person  or  per- 
sons, as  the  legislative  power  of  each  may  direct;  and  the  moneys  so 
received  shall  be  disposed  of  by  the  authorities  of  the  Nation,  without 
any  interference  on  the  part  of  any  Department,  Bureau  or  office  of 
the  Government  of  the  Confederate  States.  Payments  of  all  sums  of 
money  to  be  made  to  the  Seminole  Nation,  and  to  any  other  tribes  or 
bands  of  Indians  in  the  said  superintendencj',  shall  be  made  to  the 
Treasurer,  Chiefs,  or  per  capita,  as  the  treaties  may  provide,  or,  in  the 
absence  of  treaty  provisions,  as  the  Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs 
shall,  in  each  case,  direct. 
%  whom  payments      Sec.  14.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  all  payments  of  moneys  to 

o- moneys  o  ema  e.  _^^^  ^j.  ^_^.j  [,g(iQ|-|j;^  ti'ibes  Or  bands,  shall  be  made  by  such  persons  as 
the  President  shall  designate  for  (hat  purpose  ;  and  that  he  may,  at 
his  discretion,  entrust  military  officers  with  such  payments  ;  in  which 
case  the  duty  shall  be  performed  bj'  them,  without  other  compensation 
than  the  ordinary  allowances  for  travel  and  transportation. 
Penaityagains  t      Sec.  15.  And  be  it  further  enacted,   That  if  any  Agent  of  the  Con- 

meiit;  °  ™  "^  ^  "  federate  States  lor  any  nation,  tribe  or  band  of  Indians,  shall  convert 
to  his  own  use,  or  inipropeily  withhold  fi'om  any  of  the  Indians  under 
his  charge,  any  article,  or  any  part  or  quantity  of  any  article  of  pro- 
visions, clothing,  merchandize,  or  other  thing  whatever,  placed  in  his 
hands  by  the  Government  of  the  Confederate  States,  for  distribution 
or  delivery  to  such  Indians,  or  any  moneys,  to  any  amount  whatever, 
placed  in  his  hands  to  be  paid  to  them,  or  to  be  expended  for  their 
benefit,  whether  by  the  United  States  heretofore,  or  by  the  Coafede- 
or  for  employing  rate  States  heretofore  or  hereafter,  or  shall  employ  in  his  own  private 

Mi'egovern'meTt'toas-  service  and    ad'airs  any   person  employed  by  the  Government  to  labor 

siat  the  Indians;        f^,.  q,.  assist  the  Indians,  or  shall  receive  from  any  contractor  any  share 
or  for  receiving  of  profits,   per   centago,  compensation,   or  gratuity  whatever,   every 

^Sre  of  "profits.'  ■'""'  such  agent,  so  offending,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  ofYelony,  and  on  con- 
viction   thereof  in   the   proper  court,  shalf  be  fined  not  less  than  five 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  19.     1862.  15 

hundred,  nor  more  than  fifty  thousand  dollars,  sentenced  to  make  full 
restitution  to  the  Confederate  Stales,  and  be  imprisoned,  at  hard  labor, 
not  less  than  two,  nor  more  than  ten  years. 

Sec.  16.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  no  exchange  of  funds  shall  f^J'^^.'^uowed "except 
be  made  by  any  superintendent  or  asrent,  or,  by  any  other  disbursing  for  gold  and  silver, 

n-  "1       r  ,i_       /-■  tr  jj  'J-  or  Treasury  notes. 

omcer  or  agent  ot  the   Government,  ot   any  grade  or  denomination, 
whatsoever,  employed  in,  or  connected  with  the  Indian  service,  other 
than  an  exchange  for  gold  and  silver,  or  Treasury  notes ;  and  every  ^f,]e^n"lhe"identoi 
such  disbursing  officer,  when  the  means  for  his  disbursements  are  fur-  moaeys  or  funds  re- 
nished  him  in  gold  and  silver,  shall  make  his  payments  in  the  identi-  ''""''  " 
cal  moneys  so  furnished,  or  when  those  means  are  furnished  to  him  in 
Treasury  warrants  or  drafts,  shall  either  cause  such  warrants  nr  drafts 
to  be  presented  at  their  place  of  payment,  and  properly  paid,  according 
to  law,  and   shall  make   his  payments  in   the  identical  moneys  so  re- 
ceived for  the  drafts  furnished  ;  unles.<5,  in  either  case,  he  can  exchange 
the  means  in  his  hands,  for  the  gold  and  silver,  or  other  kind  of  funds, 
in  which  they  are  payable,  at  or  for  more  than  par;  and  any  officer,     Penalty  for  f.iiiure. 
in  any  way,  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  forthwith 
removed  from  office,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  upon   indictment  in 
the  proper  District  Court,  shall  be  punished   by  fine  of  not  less  than 
one  thousand,  nor  more  than   ten  thousand  dollars,  be  imprisoned,  not 
less  than  six  months,  nor  more  than  two  years,  and  be,  thereafter  in- 
capable of  holding  any  office  of  trust  or  profit,  under  the  Confederate 
States. 

Sec.  17.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  no  superintendent,  agent,  PeM«y=|jj!n-"»f^- 
or  other  officer  mentioned  in  the  sixteenth  section  of  this  act,  shall  disposing  of  Treasury 
either  directly  or  or  indirectly  sell  or  dispose  of,  to  any  person  or  per-  °°n^' ^to!^*"^'  *"' 
sons,  firm  or  corporation  whatsoever,  any  Treasury  note,  draft,  war- 
rant, or  other  public  security  in  his  hands,  as  such  officer,  and  not  his 
private  property,  at  par,  where  he  can  obtain  a  premium  on  the  same, 
or  for  any  less  than  the  current  premium,  at  the  time  and  place  ;  nor 
shall  sell  or  dispose  of  any  specie  funds,  v/ith  or  without  a  premium, 
for  any  other  funds  ;  nor  shall  loan  any  of  the  funds  in  his  hands  to 
any  person  whatever,  nor  sell  the  same,  or  any  draft,  warrant,  or  other 
security,  to  any  person  whatever,  upon  time,  or  to  receive  the  pro- 
ceeds at  a  future  day,  however  near ;  and  if  any  such  officer  shall,  in 
any  way,  violate  the  preceding  provisions  of  this  section,  or  shall  re- 
ceive, directly  or  indirectly,  any  premium  whatever,  upon  the  sale  or 
disposition,  or  exchange,  of  any  funds,  specie,  warrant,  draft  or  secu- 
rity, by  way  of  exchange,  or  otherwise,  and  shall  not  make  true  re- 
turn of  such  premium  so  received,  and  account  for  the  same,  by 
charging  it  in  his  accounts  to  the  credit  of  the  Confederate  States,  he 
shall  be  forthwith  dismissed  from  office;  and  shall,  in  addition,  upon  To  account  for  pre- 
conviction  upon  indictment  m  the  proper  district  court,  be  punished  and 
become  incapable,  in  the  same  manner  as  is  provided  in  the  sixteenth 
section  of  this  act  :  Provided,  That  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  so  con-  .  - 

strued  as  to  allow  disbursing  officers  to  make  payment  in   any  other 
funds  than  specie  or  Treasury  notes. 

Sec.  18.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  President  shall  be,  and  Rations  allowed 
he  is  hereby,  authorised  to  cause  such  rations  as  he  shall  judge  pro- '■°'''™°' 
per,  and  as  can  be  spared  from  the  army  provisions,  without  injury  to 
the  service,  ■to  be  issued  under  such  regulations  as  he  shall  see  fit  to 
establish ;  or  beef  and  flour,  in  lieu  thereof,  to  be  purchased  and 
issued  by  the  officers  commanding  military  posts,  to  Indians  who  may 
visit  such  posts,  and  by  agents  to  those  who  may  visit  their  agencies, 
and  to  councils  called  by  authority  of  the  Confederate  States  ;  and 
special  accounts  of  these  issues  shall  be   kept  and  rendered,  and  the  thereof'' t'o\e kept. 


16  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  19.     1862. 

Secretary  of  War  may  authorise  the  agents  for  the  Creeks,  Seminoles, 
-  Osages  and  Reserve  Indians  to  expend  a  sum  not  larger  than  three 
hundred  dollars  per  annum,  in  furnishing  provisions  to  Indians  attend- 
ProTiso.  ing  councils  and   payments  of  annuities  :    Provided,  That  no  money 

shall  be  expended  fortliis  purpose  which  has  not  been  previously  ap- 
propriated by  law. 

Accounts  of  dis-  Sec.  19.  And  be  it  farther  enacted,  That  all  persons  whatsoever, 
ued^annuaHy" ""^ ^'^'"  charged  Or  entrusted  with  the  disbursement  or  application  of  money, 
goods  or  effects  of  any  kind,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Indians,  shall  set- 
tle their  accounts  annually  at  the  War  Department,  on  the  first  day  of 

Copies  of  same  to  October ;  and  copies  of  same  shall  be  laid  annually  before  Con- 
be  laid  before  Con-  gress,  at  the  Commencement  of  the  ensuing  session,  by  the  proper  ac- 
^"^"^  counting  officers,  together  with  the  list  of  the  names  of  all  persons  to 

whom  money,  goods  or  effects  had  been  delivered  within  the  year,  for 
the  benefit  of  Indians,  specifying  the  amount  of  each,  and  the  object 
for  which  each  sum  or  quantity  was  intended,  and  showing  who  are 
delinquents,  if  any,  in  forwarding  their  accounts,  according  to  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act :  and  also  a  list  of  the  names  of  all  persons  ap- 
pointed or  employed  under  this  act,  with  the  date  of  appointment  or 
employment  of  each,  and  the  salary  or  pay  of  each. 

Who  not  permitted  ^^c.  20.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  no  person,  other  than  a 
«o  trade  with  Indians  member  of  the  particular  tribe  or  nation  under  treaty  stipulations,  or 
a  member  of  another  Indian  nation  or  tribe,  permitted  to  trade  by  the 
authorities  of  the  nation  or  tribe,  within  whose  limits  he  so  trades, 
shall  be  permitted  to  trade  with  the  Indians,  in  the  Indian  country 
aforesaid,  without  a  license  therefor  from  the  agent  for  the  nation  or 
tribes  in  whose  country  the   trade  is  to  be  carried  on  ;  and  which  li- 

By  whom  license  to  cense,  in  the  Cherokee,  Creek,  Seminole,  Choctaw  and  Chickasaw 
be  issued.  countries,  must  be  granted  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 

Legislature  or  General  Council  of  such  nation  :  Provided,  That  no  li- 
roviso.  cense  shall  be  necessary  to  authorise  the  selling  from  wagons,  or  oth- 

erwise, flour,  bacon,  fruits,  and  other  provisions,  brought  from  the 
Confederate  States,  or  wagons,  agricultural  implements,  domestic  an- 
imals or  arms  brought  from  any  of  the  same.     Each  license  shall  be 

Term  of  ucense.     issued  for  a  term  not  exceeding  three  years  ;  and  all  licenses  granted 

Benewai  of  license,  before  the  passage  of  this  act  may  be  renewed  by  the  agents,  in  their 
discretion,  without  the  advice  or  consent  of  the  legislature  or  council, 
to  continue  until  the  expiration  of  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  sixty-two. 

Person    obtaining      ggQ.  21.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  the  person  or  persons  ob- 

li«ense  to  give  bond.    ,    .    .  , .  , ''     .  ,         ,    -  ,       ^  .  '       , .         « 

taming  a  license,  must  give  bond  in  a  penal  sum  not  exceeding  nve 
Condition  of  bond  thousand  dollars,  with  one  or  more  sureties,  approved  and  certified  to 
be  sufficient,  by  the  agent  to  whom  the  application  is  made,  condition- 
ed that  such  person  or  persons  will  faithfully  observe  and  obey  all  laws 
and  regulations  for  the  government  of  trade  and  intercourse  \v'\i\\  the 
Indian  tribes,  adopted  or  enacted  by  the  Confederate  States,  or  any  de- 
"  partment  thereof,  and  will,  in  no  respect,  violate  the  same.      And  the 

When  license  may  Superintendent  of  Indian  Affairs  shall  have  power  to  revoke  and  can- 
cel any  license  whenever  he  shall  be  satisfied  that  the  person  licensed 
lias  violated  any  of  the  said  laws  or  jegulations,  or  that,  for  any  other 
good  reason,  it  would  be  improper  to  permit  him  to  remain  in  the  In- 
dian country. 
Trading  without  u-  Sec.  22.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  any  person,  other  than  a 
member  of  the  nation  or  tribe,  under  treaty  stipulations,  or  a  member 
of  another  Indian  nation  or  tribe,  permitted  to  trade  by  the  authorities 
of  the  nation  or  tribe  within  whose  limits  he  so  trades,  who  shall  at- 
tempt to  reside  in  any  part  of  the  Indian  country  as  a  trader,  or  to  in- 


may 
refuse  application  for 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  19.     1862.  17 

troduce  goods,  oi'  to  trade  therein,  without  a  license  duly  obtained,  shall 
forfeit  all  merchandise  offered  for  sale  to  the  Indians, »or  found  in  his 
possession,  and  shall,  moreover,  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  hun-  Forfeiture, 
dred  dollars,  to  be  recovered  by  action  of  debt,  in  the  name  of  the 
Confederate  States,  or  adjudged  on  conviction  and  forfeiture  of  the 
goods,  one-half  thereof  to  be  paid  to  the  informer,  and  the  other  half 
to  the  nation  or  tribe  in  whose  country  the  offence  is  committed,  to 
which  nation  or  tribe  also  all  the  goods  forfeited,  and  all  wines  and  li- 
quors confiscated,  shall  be  given  and  belong. 

Sec.  23.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  no  license  to  trade  with  In-  Licenses  to  be 
dians  shall  be  granted  to  any  person  or  persons  other  than  a  citizen  or  f^nsof  theC-'s.  """ 
citizens  of  the  Confederate  States. 

Sec.  24.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  any  agent  may  refuse  an  'When  agent 
application  for  a  license  to  trade,  if  he  is  satisfied  that  the  applicant  is  license' 
a  person  of  bad  character,  or  that  it  would  be  improper  to  permit  him 
to  remain  in  the  Indian  country;  or  if  a  license  previously  granted  to 
him  has  been  revoked,  or  a  forfeiture  decreed  of  any  bond  previously 
given  by  him  :  Provided,  That  any  person,   whose  application  is  thus  . 

denied,  may  appeal  to  the  Superintendent  of  Indian  Affairs,  whose  de- 
cision shall  be  final. 

Sec.  25.  And  be  it  further  enacted,   That  if  any  licensed  trader  shall     Penalty  against  li- 

r  -r      f  •  r  ,  1  censed  trader  lor  pur- 

purchase  of  an  Indian  any  gun,   or  any  instrument  of  husbandry,  or  chasing  certain  arti- 
blanket,  cooking  utensil,  or  other  article,  furnished  the  Indians  by  the  oie^s^toiii^hed  the  r,.- 
Confederate  States,  his  license  shall  be  imir.ediately  revoked,  and  he 
shall  forfeit  and  pay,  for  the  use  of  such  Indians,  to  the  Confederate 
States,  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  for  every  article  so  ])urchased. 

Sec.  26.  And  be  it  further   enacted,  That  no   person,  not  being  a     Ranging  and  graz- 

u  f  ju  1-  *  -l  .u  ■  Ir       ■       J    1         1  Ing  in  Indian  country 

member  ot  the  nation  or  tribe,  or  otherwise  authorised  by  law  or 
treaty,  shall  drive  or  otherwise  conve}',  or  cause,  or  permit  to  be  oth- 
erwise conveyed,  any  horses,  mules,  or  cattle,  to  range  and  graze  in 
any  part  of  the  Indian  country,  without  the  consent  of  the  authori- 
ties of  the  nation  or  tribe  previously  obtained,  under  the  penalty  of  Penally  against. 
one  dollar  a  head  for  each  animal  so  pastured,  which  may  be  collected 
by  the  authorities  of  the  nation,  and  payment  enforced,  if  necessary,  % 
by  the  seizure  of  the  cattle  :    Provided,  That   movers,  and  other  per-  Proviso, 

sons  driving  stock  through  the  country,  may  halt  from  place  to  place, 
for  such  reasonable  length  of  time  as  will  be  sufficient  to  recruit  their 
stock,  but  no  longer,  doing  the  same  in  good  faith. 

Sec.  27.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Superintendent  of  In-  R™"™!  of  intru- 
dian  Affairs,  and  each  agent  within  his  agency,  shall  have  authority, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  each,  to  remove  from  the  Indian  country  all 
persons  found  therein  contrary  to  law  or  treaty  ;  and  all  other  persons, 
not  Indians,  and  not  by  birth  and  blood  members  of  the  particular  na- 
tion, whose  presence  is,  in  his  opinion,  dangerous  or  mischievous  ;  and 
shall  have  power  to  call  upon  the  officer  commanding  any  military  post 
to  aid  him  in  so  doing,  and  enforce    his   orders    in   that  behalf:     Pro-  Proviso. 

vided,  That  the  person  so  removed  by  an  agent  may  appeal  to  the  Su- 
perintendent, whose  decision  thereon  shall  be  final. 

Sec.  28.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That   the  provisions  of  law  in-    Sale  of  lands  by 
validating  any  purchase  of  lands  from  an  Indian  nation  or  tribe,  shall  jfons' made Taiid""' 
no  longer  be  in  force,  in   respect   to   the    Cherokee,   Creek,  Seminole, 
Choctaw  and  Chickasaw   Nations,    each  of  which   may,  under  special 
or  general  laws  passed  for  that  purpose,  sell  parcels  of  their  lands,   or 
convey  parcels  of  the  same  by  legislative  grants,  in  fee  simple,  to  in- 
dividual purchasers  or  grantees  ;   and  such  sales  or  grants  shall  be  va- 
lid in  law  and  equity,  in  the  absence  of  fraud,   and   shall   only  be  im- 
peached in  the  same  manner,  as  if  they  had  been  made  by  a  State. 
2 


18  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  19.     1863. 

Penalty  for  at-      ggc.  29_  Jind  he  it  further  enacted,  That  if  any  person  shall  send. 

tempting  to  cause  111-  j    i-        ■'  m  i  '^       i  ^-"vj, 

Jraciion  ot  Indian  make,  cariy  or  aeliver  any  talk,  speech,  message  or  lettei-,  lo  any  In- 
jreatwe,  etc.  ^-^^^  nation,  tribe,  band,   chief  or  individual,  with  intent  to  produce  a 

contravention,  or  infraction  of  any  treaty,  or  other  law  of  the  Confed- 
erate States,  or  to  disturb  the  peace  and  tranquillity  of  the  Confede- 
rate States,  or  to  make  such  nation,  tribe,  band,  chief  or  Indian  dis- 
satisfied with  their  relations  with  the  Confederate  States,  or  uneasy,  or 
discontented,  the  person  so  offending  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be 
punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars,  nor  less  than  two 
thousand  dollars,  and  by  imprisonment  not  less  than  two,  nor  more 
than  ten  years  ;  and  the  intent  above  mentioned  shall  be  conclusively 
inferred  from  the  fact  of  knowledge  of  the  contents  of  any  such  talk, 
speech,  message,  or  letter  in  writing. 
Per  correspondence      Sec.  30.  And  be  H  further  enacted.  That  if  any  person,  whether  an 

with   foreign  powers,  -.     ,.  -^  u    li  j  i        i      , 

with TOch  intent.  Indian  or  a  white  person,  shall  carry  on  a  correspondence,  by  letter  or 
otherwise,  with  any  foreign  nation  or  power,  or  with  any  department 
or  office  of  such  foreign  nation  or  power,  with  intent  to  induce  such 
nation  or  power,  department  or  office,  to  give  assistance  or  encourage- 
ment to  any  Indian  nation,  tiibe,  chief  or  chiefs,  individual  or  indivi- 
duals, in  waging  war,  or  commencing,  or  continuing  hostilities  against 
the  Confederate  States,  or  in  the  violation  of  any  existing  treaty,  or 
shall  attempt  to  alienate  the  confidence  of  any  Indian  or  Indians,  from 
the  Government  of  the  Confederate  States,  he  shall  be  punished,  if 
the  offence  be  committed  in  time  of  peace,  as  in  the  last  preceding 
section  is  provided  ;  and,  if  the  offence  be  committed  in  time  of  war, 
with  such  foreign  nation  or  power,  the  punishment  thereof  shall  be 
death,  to  be  inflicted  as  in  other  cases  of  capital  offences. 
oofr°eVon"fncf  with  Sec.  31.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  any  Indian  of  any  Nation 
any  power  with  wiiich  or  Tribe,  between  which  and  the  Confederate  States  a  Treaty  of  friend- 
ship and  alliance  has  been  concluded,  who  shall  while  the  Confederate 
Slates  are  at  war  with  any  other  States,  Nation  or  power,  carry  on  any 
corre.=pondence  with  such  States,  Nation  or  power,  or  any  Department 
or  office  thereof,  or  shall  attend  any  Council,  or  hold  any  talk  or  con- 
ference, in  the  Indian  country  or  elsewhere,  with  any  officer  of  such 
States,  Nation  or  power,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  with 
death,  to  be  inflicted  as  in  other  cases  of  capital  punishment. 
Emissaries  from      Sj,(,_  32.  ji^d  jjg  n  further  enacted    That  any   emissary  from  any 

RKh  powers,how  ,      ^  .1  ,-,V.^,'i  *-, 

pantehcd.  State  Or  States,  nation   or   power,  with  which  the  Confederate  States 

may  be  at  war,  found  in  the  Indian    Country,  and  any  Indian  therein 
apprehended,  returning  from  any  council,  talk  or  conferences  with  any 
otlicer  of  the   enemy,  or  after  such   return,  shall  be  considered  a  spy, 
and  punished  by  death   by    hangmg,  to  be  inflicted  upon  the  sentence 
of  a  Military  Court,  to  be  ordered  by  the  General  commanding  in  such 
Indian  country. 
pr^eriy'stoknliTin'      ^EC.  33.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  whenever  the  property  of 
jnred  to  be  paid  to  any  member   of  a   friendly  Nation,  or  Tribe  of  Indians,  is  unlawfully 
y    aliens.        stolen,  taken,  converted,    destroyed  or  injured,  hj   any  white   person, 
not  a  member  by  birth,  adoption,  or  otherwise,  of  said  Nation  or  Tribe, 
or  by  a  member  of  any  other   friendly  Indian  Nation  or  Tiibe,  within 
the   Indian   country,  if  conviction  be  had  of  the  person  offending,  for 
the  crime,  misdemeanor  or  trespass  so  committed,  or  recovery  of  dam- 
age therefor  in  a  civil  suit,  the  person  so  offending  shall  be  sentenced 
/  or  adjudged   to  pay   the    person  injured  a  sum    equal  to  twice  the  just 

value  of  the  property  so  stolen,  taken,  converted  or  destroj'ed,  or  twice 
the  amount  of  damages  sustained  by  the  injury  of  the  same.  And  if 
tlie  same  cannot  be  recovered  of  the  party,  or  if,  for  any  cause,  con- 
viction or  recovery  cannot  be  had  then,  upon  the  said  offence,  and  the 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  L     On.  19.     1862.  13 

•yalue  of  the  property  or  the  full  amount  of  dam  age  being  established,  upon 
investigation  by  the  Agent  of  the  Confederate  Stafe-s,  for  the  Nation  or 
Tribe,  to  which  the  person  injured  belongs,  the  full  value  of  the  pro- 
perty, or  the  full  amount  of  damage  sustained,  with  any  other  actual 
damage  caused  thereby,  and  interest  and  expenses,  or  so  much  thereof 
as  cannot  be  collected  of  the  party,  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  Treasury 
of  the  Confederate  States:  Provided,  That  no  person  shall  be  entitled  nnicss  revenge  be 
to  such  payment  out  of  the  Treasury,  if  he,  or  any  of  the  Nation  or  ='"™pti;d. 
Tribe,  to  which  he  belongs,  shall  have  sought  private  revenge  for  the 
injury  in  question,  or  attempted  to  obtain  satisfaction  by  violence  or 
fraud. 

Sec.  34.  Jlnd  be  it  further  enacted,  That  if  any   member  or  mem-    Persons  to  be  in- 
bers  of  any  Indian  Nation   or  Tribe,  within   the  Indian  country,  shall  f;Tiu-o/°d 'Ly ''i^I 
unlawfully  take,   convert,  destroy,  or  injure  any  property  of  any  per-  dians. 
■son  lawfully  within   such  country,  or  shall,  in  an}'  one  of  the  Confed- 
erate States,  or  in  any  Territory  or  Province  of  the  Confederate  States, 
or  within  the  limits  of  any  other  Indian  Nation  or  Tribe,  steal,  take, 
convert,  destroy  or  inj'jre  any  property  belonging  to  any  citizen  or  in- 
habitant  of  the   Confederate  States,   or  of  any  Territory   or  Province 
thereof,  or  of  any  membei-  of  any  other  friendly  Nation  or  Tribe  of  In- 
dians, other  than  that  to  which  he  or  thej'  belong,  such  citizen,  inhabi- 
tant or  member  of  a  fiiendly  Nation  or  Tribe,  ma\',  by  himself  or  by  his 
attorney    or   agent,  make   complaint  to  the  Agent  of  the  Confederate 
States,  for  the  Nation  or  Tribe  to  which  the  offender  may  belong,  or  to 
the  Superintendent,  who  shall  take  and  hear  the  proof  of  the  truth  of 
such  complaint,  and  if  satisfied  of  the   truth  thereof,   and  that  the  of- 
fender belongs  to  the  Nation  or  Tribe  alleged,  shall  demand  prompt 
satisfaction  from  such  Nation  or  Tribe ;   and  if  satisfaction  be  not  made 
within  the  space  of  six  months  thereafter,  by  payment  by  the  Nation 
or  Tribe  of  the  value  of  the  property  taken,  stolen,  converted  or  des- 
troyed, and  all  actual  damages  and  expenses  sustained  in  consequence 
thereof,  and  interest  on  the  said  value  from  the  time  of  taking  or  con- 
version, or  of  the  amount  of  damage  sustained  by  the  injury  done  the 
property,  with    like  actual   damages,  expenses  and  interest,  then  full 
report  shall    be  made    thereof  to  the  Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs; 
and   thereupon  the  amount  so  ascertained  shall  be  directed  to  be  de- 
ducted  from  any  annuity  or  other  moneys  payable  to  said  Nation  or 
Tribe;  or  if  there  be  none  such,  then   the  President   shall  take  such 
other  steps  to  enforce  payment  as  may   seem   to  him   fit:  and  in  the 
meantime,  the  amount  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  Treasury  of  the  Con- 
federate States;  Piovided,  That  if  such  injured  party,  his  representa-    i'  m  revenge  tie 
live,  attorney  or  agent,  shall,  in  any  way,  violate  any  of  the  provisions  ^"''^ 
of  this  Act,  by  seeking  revenge  or  redress  by  violence,  or  any  other 
illegal  means,  he  shall  forfeit  all  his  claim  to  indemnification  ;   that  any       Limitation, 
such  claim,  not  presented  to  the  Agent  or  Superintendent  within  three 
years,   after   the   commission  of  the   alleged   injury,  shall  be  forever 
barred;  that  nothing  herein   contained    shall  be   construed  to  prevent    <^iow  this  act  to  be 
the  legal    apprehension  and  punishment  of  any  Indian,  or   member  of '^°™"^"" 
any  Nation  or  Tribe,  that  may  so  have  offended  ;  and  that  from  the  de- 
cision of  the  Agent,  the  complainant,  or  the  Nation  or  Tribe  may  appeal 
to  the  Superintendent,  and  from   his  decision  to  the   Comm.issioner  of  Appeal. 

Indian  Affairs,  whose  judgment  shall    be  final  in    the  premises  :  Pro-        Proviso. 
vided,  That   the  Indian   country  shall  not  bf   deemed  to  include  the 
residence  of  Indian  Tribes  or  persons  within  the  limits  of  any  of  the 
Confederate  States. 

Sec.  35.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  any  proceeding  mstituted    Procccdicgs  nndrr 
under  the  authority  of  the  United  Stales  to  obtain  satisfaction  in  any  0.Vtu  oUam"3iiti* 


20  FIRST  CONGEESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  19.     1862. 

faoiionjhowtobecar-  Q^gg  mentioned  in  the  two  precedins:  sections,  shall  be  carried  on  ancJ 
coinpleted  before  the   authoriiies  of  the   Confederate  States,  as  if  no 
chano-e  of  government  had  taken  place;  and  that  if  any  final  order  or 
adjudication  had  been  made  in  any  such  case,  by  the  proper  officer  of 
the  United   States,  before  the  assumption  of  jurisdiction  by  the  Con- 
federate States,  on  the  twenty-first  daj'  of  May,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-one,  the  same  shall  still  be  deemed  and   taken  as  final,  and   be 
carried  oat,  as  if  made  by  the  same  officer  of  the  Confederate  States, 
punish^ient  for      Sec,  36.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  so  much  and  such  parts  of 
felting  coiD,  or  the  the  laws  of  the  Conl'ederate  States,  as  provide  for  punishing  the  coun- 
t^erairs't-tls'^- '^°°'  terteiting  the  coin  of  the  United  States,  or  any  other  current  coin,  and 
the  uttering  such  forged  or  counterfeit  coin,  or  the   counterfeiting  or 
forging  the  securities  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  the  uttering  such 
rohhing  the  mail  forged  or  Counterfeit   securities,   and  the  robbing  of  the  mail,  and  for 
punishing  the  violations  of  the  neutrality  laws,  and  resistance  to  the  pro- 
cess of  the   Confederate    Slates,  and    all  the   provisions  of  the  acts  of 
the  Provisional  Congress,  providing  for  the  common  defence  and  wel- 
fare, so  far  as  the  same  are  not  legally  inapplicable,  shall  hereafter  be 
ill  force  in  the  Indian  country  :  and  offences  against  the  same  by  any 
person  whatever,  shall  be  punished  by  indictment  in  the  proper  court  of 
the  Confederate  States  having  jurisdiction. 
MwR  (if  the  Oon-      Sec.  37.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  so  much  of  the  laws  of  the 
isiifn^  'feioaies,'"de-  Confederate  States,  as  provide  for  the  punishment  of  forgery  or  coun- 
uisrcd  tobe  "  force  tej.fg;tj[5cr   periurv,  subomation  of  periurv.  rape,  arson,  shooting  with 

HI  liie  Indian  country.  .  o'tJJ»^  t^     J       J  i     '  '  o       ^ 

intent  to  krJl  or  maim,  burglary,  robbery,  larceny,  or  any  other  crime 
amounting  to  felony  at  common  law,  or  by  statute,  committed  in   any 
place  whatever,  within  the  sole  and  exclusive  jurisdiction  of  the  Con- 
Proviso.  federate   Stales,  shall  be  in  force  in  the   Indian  country  :    Provided, 

y  That  none  of  the  same  shall  extend  or  apply  to  crimes  committed  by  » 

member  of  any  Tribe  or  Nation,  by  birth,  adoption  or  otherwise,  as 
heieinafter  defined,  or  by  any  negro  or  mulatto,  bond  or  free,  against 
the  person  or  property  of  a  member  of  the  same,  or  any  other  Nation  or 
Tribe,  by  birth,  adoption,  or  otherwise,  as  hereinafter  defined,  or  of  any 
negro  or  mulatto,  bond  or  free  ;  but  these  offences  shall  be  within  the 
sole  and  exclusive  jurisdiction  of  the  Tribunals  of  the  Nation  or  Tribe, 
within  whose  country  they  are  committed;  excepting,  however,  such 
offences,  when  committed  in  the  Choctaw  and  Chickasaw  country,  west 
of  the  ninety-eighth  parallel  of  longitude,  by  an  Indian  of  any  one  of 
the  Bands  settled  therein,  against  the  person  or  property  of  such  a 
member  of  the  Choctav/  and  Chickasaw  Nation,  or  by  such  a  member 
of  one  of  these  Nations  against  the  person  or  property  of  an  Indian  of 
any  one  of  these  Bands,  as  to  which  offences  so  committed,  the  said 
laws  shall  be  in  force,  and  the  offenders  be  tried  therefor  in  the  proper 
court  of  the  Confederate  States. 
Penalty  against  Sec.  38.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That,  if  any  person,  notbeinga 
'^"'"'"^  negro  or  mulatto,   or  a   member  b}'  birth,   adoption,   or  otherwise,  as 

hereinafter  defined,  of  the  Nation  or  Tribe  in  which  the  act  is  commit- 
ted, shall,  in  the  Indian  country,  open,  exhibit  and  deal  at,  or  be  in- 
terested in,  by  furnishing  means,  or  sharing  the  profits  of  the  game, 
any  game  of  faro,  monte,  or  other  banking  game  ;  at  which  game 
betters  bet  against  the  game,  bank  or  dealer,  or  shall  set  up,  exhibit  and 
permit  to  be  bet  against,  at,  or  upon,  or  be  interested,  by  furnishing 
means,  or  sharing  the  profits  in  any  roulette  table,  or  other  table,  or 
game  of  like  nature,  at  which  game  or  table,  any  person  shall  bet 
money,  checks  or  counters,  representing  money  or  any  other  thing  of 
value,  or  shall  bet  on  credit^  every  such  person  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  an  offence  against  the  Confederate  States,   cognizable  upon   indict- 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  19.     1862.  '2\ 

ment  or  presentment  by  the  District  Court  having  jurisdiction  over 
■such  Indian  country,  and  upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined  one  thousand 
dollars,  and  imprisoned  at  hard  labor  not  less  than  ninety  days,  nor 
more  than  two  years;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  A^ent,  if  he  be- 

.      c   .1  •  c  "l  iiii  Duty  of  accntsand 

comes  cognizant  of  the  carrying  on  ot  any  such  game  or  table,  to  ar-  officers, 
rest  the  parties  and  seize  all  the   tables,  boxes  and  other  implements 
used,  and  all  checks  and  moneys   found  thereon  and  therein  ;  as  also 
any  civil  officer  of  the  proper  A^ation  may  do;  all  which  articles  and 
money,  when  seized,  shall  belong,  one-half  to  the  officer  seizing  the        p^rfeiture.- ■• 
same,  and  one-half  to  the  Nation  wherein  they  are  seized.     And  any 
officer  of  the  Nation  arresting  such  person  shall  deliver  him   to  the  " 
Agent,  who  shall  investigate  the  case,  and  commit,  bail,  or  discharge, 
as  in  other  cases;  but  no  person  so  arrested  and  bailed   shall  be  per- 
mitted to 'remain  in  the  Nation,  but  shall  forthwith  be  removed  there- 
from. 

Sec.  39.  Andbe  it  further  enacted,  That  if  any  person  who  has  pmiishment  or  con- 
taken,  or  is  concerned  in  any  contract  wi-th  the  Confederate  States,  or  ''ictors  for  iraud. 
with  any  agent  or  officer  thereof,  for  furnishing  provisions  to  any  In- 
dians whatever,  shall  be  guilt}'  of  defrauding  them  by  the  issue  of  a 
less  quantity  than  they,  or  any  part  or  one  of  them,  are  or  is  entitled 
to,  and  receiving  pay  for  the  quantity  v/hich  should  have  been  issued, 
or  of  receiving  paj'  in  any  otherwise,  for  issues  not  made,  or  provisions 
not  issued,  such  person  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  felony,  and,  on  con- 
viction thereof  in  the  proper  Court,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five 
hundred,  nor  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars,  sentenced  to  full  restitu- 
tion to  the  Confederate  States,  and  be  imprisoned  at  hard  labor  not  less 
than  two,  nor  more  than  twenty  yeai's. 

Sec.  40.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  if  any  person  shall   con-  ,,  ?enaUy  for  aeiims 

.  ^-  '  J     I  ,  liquors  to  Intiiaus. 

vey,  transport  or  introduce,  or  attempt  to  convey,  transport  or  intro- 
duce, by  land  or  water  carriage,  into  any  Indian  Nation  or  Tribe,  for 
the  purposes  of  sale,  exchange,  barter  or  traffic,  or  knowing  that  the 
same  is  intended  to  be  sold,  exchanged,  bartered  or  trafficked,  anj'- 
where  in  the  Indian  country,  any  spirituous  or  intoxicating  liquors  or 
mixtures,  or  wines  of  any  kind  or  description  whatever,  (unless  the 
same  are  provided  and  to  be  used  by  some  licensed  trader,  druggist, 
apothecary  or  physician,  for  purposes  purely  medicinal,)  every  person 
concerned  in  such  offence  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
five  hundred,  and  not  more  than  two  thousand  dollars,  upon  indictment 
or  presentment  before  the  proper  court,  to  be  paid,  one-half  to  the  in- 
former, and  the  other  half  to  the  Nation  or  Tribe,  into  the  country 
v/hereof  such  introduction  was  effected  or  attempted,  and  be  imprison- 
ed aot  less  than  three  months,  nor  more  than  one  year. 

Sec.  41.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  if  the  Superint-enden-f  of .  iDtTOd'iC|nciiiiuor8 

T     T  ,  /y>  ■  XI  .    i'  AT    ,-  m   ■,  /-I  1     into  the Inciiaii'lcrri- 

Indian  Affairs,  or  the  agent  for  any  Nation  or  1  nbe,  or  any  Command-  tory. 

ing  officer  of  a  military  post,  or  any  judge  or  commissioner  of  a  court 

of  the  Confederate  States  is   informed,  or  has  reason  to  suspect,  that 

any   person   whatever   has   introduced,  or   is  about   to  introduce,  any 

spirituous  or  intoxicating  liquors  or   mixtures,  or   any  wine,  into  any 

part  of  the  Indian  country,  in  violation  of  this  Act,  it  shall  be  the  duty    Duties  of  suptrin- 

"/■!_  -iiiizc  -1  ■•  •  tendents,  Al'ciUs,  Ac. 

ot  such  superintendent,  agent,  offacer,  judge  or  commissioner,  in  ac- 
cordance with  such  regulations  as  may  be  established  by  the  President 
of  the  Confederate  States,  to  cause  the  houses,  stores,  boats,  wagons, 
carriages,  packages  and  other  places  of  dfeposit  of  such  person  to  be 
searched;  and  if  any  such  liquors,  mixtures  or  wine  are  ibund,  all  the  Searches  ana  aein- 
goods  of  such  person  of  which  they  form  a  part,  the  boats  on  vfhich  ""^^' 
they  are  found,  the  wagons,  carriages  and  packages  conveying  or  con-  ' 

laining  the  same,  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  twenty  times  the  value 


S!2  FIRST  CONGKESS.     Sess-  I.     Ch.  19.     isesr. 

of  the  said  liquors,  mixtures  and  wine,  shall  be  seized  and  delivere<f 
Porfeitare.  (g  the  proper  officer,  and  be  proceeded  against  by  libel  in  the  proper 
court,  and  forfeited  to  the  use  of  the  Nation  or  Tribe  into  which  the 
same  is  introduced,  or  attempted  to  be  introduced;  and  if  the  persotv 
offending  is  a  licensed  tisder,  his  license  shall  be  forthwith  revoked, 
Liqnorsmoyteciis-  and  suit  instituted  on  his  bond.     And  it  shall,  moreover,  be  lawful  for 

trained.  jjjjy  person  in  the  civil  or  military  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  or 

for  any  Indian,  a  member   by  birth,  adoption  or  otherwise,  of  any  In- 
dian Natiun  or  Tribe,  to  take  and  destroy  any  such  liquors,  mixtures  or 
wine  found  in  the  Indian  country  in  violation  of  this  Act. 
ihiniahment  for  sell-       Sec.  42.  Jind  be  it  further  enacted,  That  if  any  licensed   trader,  or 

frfmij?eut'i>reteMe"  ^ny  other  person  (other  than  a  member  by  birth,  adoption,  or  otherwise, 
of  any  Indian  Nation  or  Tribe)  shall,  within  the  limits  of  such  Nation 
or  Tribe,  sell,  under  the  pretense  of  a  gift,  or  otherwise,  to  any  Indian, 
or  exchange  or  barter  with  any  Indian,  of  either  sex,  and  of  full  or 
mixed  blood,  any  intoxicating  liquor  or  mixture,  or  any  wine,  in  any 
quantity,  large  or  small,  such  person  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  upon 
indictment,  be  punished  by  fine  of  n:)t  less  than  five  hundred  dollars, 
and  imprisoned  not  less  than  ten  days  nor  more  than  six  months,  which 
fine  shall  be  paid,  one-half  to  the  informer  aind  the  other  half  to  the 
Nation  or  Tribe,  as  other  fines. 
Proce=jinp! against      Sec.  43.  Jlnd  be  it  further  enacted,  That  when  goods,   liquors  or 

propi.r,y seiie  .         other  articles   whatever  are   seized   for  any  violation  of  this  Act,  they 

shall  be   proceeded  against  in  the   manner   directed  to  be  observed  in. 

the  case  of  goods,  wines  or  merchandize  brought  into  the  Confederate 

States  in  violation  of  the  Revenue  Laws. 

Penalty  for  mar.u-       Sec.  44.  ^dnd  be  if  further   enacted,  That  rf  any   person    whatever 

facturing    liquora    in,,,  -.,■,,         \-      -l        c   ^i        tt  ,  ^ 

lie  Indian  Country,  shall,  Within  the  limits  ot  the  Indian   country,  set  up  or  continae  any 
_         distillery  for  manufacturing  ardent  spirits,  he    shall  forfeit  and  pay  a> 
penalty  of  one   thousand  dollars,  on   indictment,  for   sucfv  offence,  and 
the  buildings  so  used,  with  the  siill  and  all  other  furniture  and  contents 
shall  be  confiscated,  one-half  the  penalty  to  the  informer,  and  the  other 
half,  with   the   building.s,  still,  furniture   and  contents   to  the  Nation  or 
Tribe  ;   and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent,  or  proper  agent, 
^o  seize  and  turn  over  the  same  to  the  Nation  or  Tribe. 
How  to  be  recover-      Sbc.  45.  ^nd  be  it  further  enacted.  That,  for  any  penalty  accruing^ 
under  this  Act,  the  informer  may  sue  and  recover  the  same  in  an  ac- 
tion of  debt,  qui  tarn,  in  the   name  of  the   Confederate   States,  before 
any  court  having  jurisdiction  of  the   same   in  any  State  or  District  in 
which  the  offender  may  be  found  to  be  served  with  process. 
Djiie.^  of  the  mill-      Sec.  46.  Jlnd  belt  further  enacted.  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the 

^ryineno  in  military  force  of  the  Confederate  States,  to  be  employed  in  such  man- 
ner and  under  such  regulations  as  the  President  may  direct,  and  upon, 
the  requisition  of  a  Superintendent,  or  of  an  Agent,  in  the  apprehen- 
sion of  any  person  offending  against  any  provision  of  this  Act,  or  found 
in  the  Indian  country,  in  violation  of  its  provisions,  or  of  any  Treaty 
stipulation,  and  him  immediately  to  convey  from  such  country,  and  dis- 
pose of,  as  directed  by  the  proper  officer,  or  authority,  to  be  proceeded 
against,  if  the  case  require  it,  in  due  course  of  law;  and  also  in  the 
examination  and  seizure  of  stores,  boats,  wagons,  carriages  and  pack- 
ages, authorized  by  this  Act,  and  in  preventing  the  introduction  of  per- 
sons and  property  into  the  Indian  country  contrary  to  law;  which  per- 
Tfcattnent  of  per-  sons  and  property  shall  be  proceeded   against  according  to  law:  Pro- 

Benarr.b ..  .  vided.  That  no  person  apprehended  by  military  force  as  aforesaid,  shall 

be  detained  longer  than  five  days  after  the  arrest,  and  before  removal. 
And  all  officers  and  soldiers,  who  may  have  such  person  or  persons,  in- 
custody,  shall  treat  them   with  all  the  humanity,  which  the  circum- 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  19.     1862.  .aS 

stances  will  possibly  permit ;  and  every  officer  and  soldier,  who  shall  be 
guilty  of  maltreating  any  such  person,  while  in  custody,  shall  sufTer 
such  punishment  as  a  court  martial  shall  direct. 

Sec.  47.  And  be  it  fui-ther  enacted,  That  every  person  shall  be  con-  who  considered 
sidered  a  member  of  the  Cherokee,  Creek,  Seminole,  Choctaw  and  Sin  nauoua. 
Chickasaw  Nations,  for  the  purposes  of  this  act,  whose  mother  was  a 
member  of  the  same,  or  whose  father  was  so,  though  married  to  a  white 
woman,  if  both  were  domiciled  in  the  nation  when  the  party  was  born, 
and  if  such  party  still  resides  therein  ;  or  who  has  with  his  or  her  con- 
sent, been  adopted  by  the  act  of  the  legislature  or  general  council  of  the 
nation,  and  therein  continues  to  re,«ide  ;  or  who  has  married  a  member 
of  the  nation,  and  is  settled  and  resides  therein  ;  or  who  is  permanent- 
ly domiciled  therein  with  the  consent  of  the  nation,  and  is  permitted 
to  vote  at  elections. 

Sec.  48.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  reservations  or  selec-  Exclusive  jurisdic- 
tions for  military  posts  and  forts  in  the  Indian  country,  shall  be  within 
the  sole  and  exclusive  jurisdiction  of  the  Confederate  States,  as  also 
shall  the  reservations  for  agencies  in  the  several  nations  and  tribes  ; 
and  that  all  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States  in  force,  in  any  other 
place  within  such  sole  and  exclusive  jurisdiction  shall  be  in  force 
within  the  limits  of  all  such  reservations  and  selections,  and  offences 
committed  therein  be  punished   accordingly:  Provided,  That  as  to  all  Proviso, 

members  of  the  nation,  within  whose  limits  any  agency  reservation  is 
.situated,  who  commit  an}-  offence  therein  against  any  law  of  such  na- 
tion, upon  the  person  or  pi-operty  of  any  other  member  of  such  nation, 
or  against  its  police  regulations,  the  laws  of  such  nation  shall  govern, 
and  they  shall  or  may  be  punished  thereunder,  by  the  ti'ibunals  of  the 
nation. 

Sec.  49.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  whenever  any  person,  who   an^tadicter^''  '" 
is  a  member  of  any   Indian   nation   or  tribe,  shall  be  indicted  for  any 
offence  in  any  court  of  the  Confederate  States,  he  shall  be  entitled,  as  ^ 

of  common  right,  to  subpcena,  and  if  necessaiy,  compulsory  process 
for  all  such  witnesses  in  his  behalf,  as  his  counsel  inay  think  necessary 
for  his  defence  ,  and  the  cost  of  process  for  such  witnesses,  and  of 
service  thereof,  and  the  fees  and  mileage  of  such  witnesses  shall  be 
paid  by  the  Confederate  States,  being  afterwards  made,  if  practicable, 
in  case  of  conviction,  of  the  property  of  the  accused.  And  when-  jy"'"  '='""''  ""»? 
ever  the  accused  is  not  able  to  employ  counsel,  the  cojrt  shall  assign 
him  one  experienced  counsel  for  his  defence,  who  shall  be  paid  by  the 
Confederate  States  a  reasonable  compensation  for  his  services,  to  be 
fixed  by  the  court,  and  paid  upon  the  certificate  of  the  judge. 

Sec.  50.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  pi'ovisions  of  all  such     Certain   act*  »t 
acts  of  the  Congress  of  the   Confederate    States,    as   may   now  be  in  S'fo?ce'''attie''iB° 
force,  or  as  may  hereafter  be  enacted,  for  the  purpose  of  cari'ying  into  aian  country, 
effect  the  pi-ovisions  of  the  Constitution,  in  regard  to  the  redelivery  or 
return  of  fugitive  slaves,  or  fugitives  from  labor  and  service,  shall  ex- 
tend to,  and  be  in  lull  force,  within  the  said  Indian  country  ;   and  shall 
also  apply  to  all  cases  of  escape  of  fugitive  slaves  from  any  Indian  na-    ^o  apply  to  fugi- 
tion  or  tribe  into  any  other  Indian  nation  or  tribe;  or  into  one  of  the  tive  slaves. 
Confederate  States,  the  obligation  upon  each  such  nation,  tribe  or  State 
to  redeliver  such  slaves,  being,  in  every  case,  as  complete  as  if  they 
had  escaped  from  another  State,  and  the  mode  of  procedure  the  same. 

Sec.  51.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  if  any  person  charged  with     ipprehensioa  aud 
a  violation  of  any  provision  of  this  act,  shall  be  found  within  an}'  of '"■^"spoitationofper- 
the  Confederate  States,  or  any  territory  or  province  of  the   same,  he  d??tion  torTriaL"" 
shall  be  there  apprehended  and  transported  to  the  proper  jurisdiction 
Xor  trial. 


24  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  19.     1862. 

Protection  against      Sec.  52.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  each  ag-ent  shall  be  em- 

ucliiwful    aggression  ,  /.  piAri  n 

or  invasion.  powered  to  pi-otfict  Citizens  ot  the  Contedei-ate  States,  and  members 

of  any  other  Indian   nation,  peaceably  and  legally  within  the  nation, 

for  which  he  is  agent,   and  not  subject  to  its  jurisdiction  and  laws, 

against  any  unlawful  aggression   upon  or  invasion  of  their  rights,  by 

Femovai  of  dan  e-  individuals,  or  by  the  authorities  of  the  nation.      He  shall  have  power 

rousorioiproperper-  to  remove  dangei'ous  or  impi'oner  persons,  other  than  members  of  the 

^''"^'  nation  by  birth  and  blood,  beyond  the  limits  of  the  nation,  subject  only 

to  an  appeal  to  the  superintendent;  and  to  hear  complaints  of  citizens 

Reclamation  of  of  the  Confederate  States,  in  reclamation  of  property  lost,  strayed  or 

property  lost, stray-  stolen,  to  examine  testimony,  and  cause  immediate  restoration  of  such 

ea  or  stolen.  '  ,T, 

property,  subject  only  to  the  like  appeal  to  the  superintendent,  whose 
decision  shall  be  final,  saving  the  right  of  the  parties  to  seek  redress 
through  the  courts  of  competent  jurisdiction.  And  for  all  these  pur- 
be^nvoked. "*  ""^^  poses  the  agent  shall  have  power  to  call  upon  the  commander  of  any 
military  post  for  aid  and  assistance, 
rower  given  agent      Q-^c' 5i.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  each   agent  shall  also  have 

lo  enforce  the  laws  ^  p  ,,         r^       r     ,  -,- 

against  the  introduc-  power  to  eutorcc  the  laws  01  the   Ooniederate  blates,  in  regard  to  the 

tion  of  liquors.  introduction  of  spirituous  liquors  into  the  nations  or  tribes,  for  which 

he  is  agent,  b}-  seizure  of  the  same,  and  apprehension  and  commit- 
ment of  the  persons  offending';  to  issue  his  warrant  for  the  apprehen- 
sion of  such  persons,  and  of  persons  charged  with  any  other  offence 
against  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  of  any  State  of  the 
same  ;  and  to  call  to  his  assistance  for  the  execution  of  the  same,  and 
of  any  warrant  of  commitment,  or  other  process,  for  parties  or  wit- 
nesses, the  troops  of  the  Confederate  States, 
irmed  police.  gj,(,_  54_  ^„^  ^g  ;;  further  enacted,  That  each  agent  may,  with  the 

approval  of  the  superintendent,  and  when  there  are  no  troops  of  the 
Confederate  States  within  his  jurisdiction,   keep  in  pay  an  armed  po- 
lice, cqmposed  of  members  of  the  nation  or  tribe,  for  which  he  is 
Their  number  and  agent,  not  exceeding  twenty-five  in  number,  for  such  times  and  at  such 

compensation.  ^^^^  ^^  compen.'ation,  as  shall   be   sanctioned  by  the  superintendent, 

whenever  it  may  be  necessary  to  preserve  peace  and  order,  or  to  enforce 
the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States,  by  whom  the  expense  of  such  po- 
lice force  shall  be  paid. 
General  duties  of      Sec.  55.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  each  agent  shall  be,  within 

''^™''"  the  limits  of  the  country  of  the  nation  or  tribes  for  which  he  is  agent, 

ex  officio,  a  commissioner  in  civil  and  criminal  cases,  of  the  courts  of 
the  Confederate  States,  with  power  and  authority  to  take  the  testimony 
of  witnesses,  upon  commission  or  otherwise  ;  to  administer  oaths  and 
receive  affidavits  ;  to  cause  to  be  apprehended  persons  charged  with 
offences  against  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  Stales,  or  of  any  State  of 
the  same,  and  found  within  his  agency,  to  examine  them  and  hear  the 
witnesses,  and  thereupon  to  commit,  bail  or  discharge  the  parties,  and 
take  recognizance  of  witnesses  to  appear  at  the  proper  time  to  testify  ; 
to  perform  all  the  duties  of  commissioner  under  the  laws,  for  the  ren- 
dition of  fugitives  from  justice  and  fugitive  slaves;  to  receive  the  au- 
thentication by  oath,  of  accounts  and  claims  against  the  Government, 
and  all  papers  and  pleadings  needing  to  be  sworn  to  in  the  courts  of  the 
Confederate  States,  and  of  all  other  papers  whereto,  by  any  regulation 
of  any  department  of  the  Government,  an  oath  or  acknowledgment  is 
required  ;  and  to  perform  the  marriage  ceremony,  and  to  do  and  per- 
form such  other  acts  as  a  magistrate  and  notary  public  ma)-  do  and 
perform,  in  any  place  under  the  sole  and  exclusive  jurisdiction  of  the 
Confederate  States  ;  and  may  act  as  commissioner  oi  any  one  or  more 
of  the  Confederate  States,  to  administer  oaths,  take  depositions,  and 
receive  acknowledgments  of  deeds  :  and  full  faith  and  credit  shall  be 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  20, 31.     1862.  2S 

given  to  all  his  acts  and  certificates,  done  and  given  within  the  purview 
of  this  act. 

Sec.  56.  jl7id  be  it  further  enacted,  That  each  agent  shall  be,  ex  offi-  To  act  as  ancillary 
«o,  ancillary  administrator  of  all  the  goods  and  chattels,  rights  aQ(i  ^  ™™ ''•""'• 
credits,  within  his  agency,  of  all  citizens  of  the  Confederate  States,  or 
persons,  other  than  members  of  the  nations  or  tribes,  for  which  he  is 
agent,  who  may  die  therein,  with  power  to  collect  and  take  possession 
of  the  same,  to  sell  such  portions  as  may  be  perishable,  and  the  rest 
to  keep  and  preserve,  and  the  whole  to  turn  over  and  account  for,  to 
the  regular  administrator  or  e.xecutor  in  the  proper  jurisdiction. 

Sec.  57.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  for  all  services  so  perform-  rees  tor  services. 
ed,  each  Agent  shall  receive  from  the  parties,  and  the  Confederate 
States,  respectively,  such  fees  as  shall  be  fixed  in  the  proper  Courts,  or 
by  the  regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  or  by  the 
laws  of  the  State,  for  which  he  may  be  commissioned  :  and  shall  re- 
ceive no  other  or  larger  fees  or  allowances,  nor  any  gratuities  whatever, 
under  the  penalty  of  being  deemed  guilty  of  corruption  and  extortion 
in  office. 

Sec.  58.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  shall    Secretary  of  war, 

,  11-1  I  ii       •       J  I  ■       J  1  .•  J       1  to  prescribe   certain 

be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  required  to  continue,  adopt  or  pres-  rules  and  forms ; 

cribe  such  rules  and  regulations,  as  he  may  think  fit,  for  carrying  into 

efTect,  the  various  provisions  of  this  act,  and  of  any  other  act  relating 

to  Indian  affairs,  and  for  the  settlement  of  the  accounts  of  the  .Indian 

Bureau  ;  and  also  such  forms,  as  may  be  necessary  or  proper  therefor; 

and  when  he  shall  have  completely  revised  and  arranged  the  same,  to 

cause  them  to  be  printed  in  convenient  form,  and  furnished  to  all  offi-  p^i^l^  and  toWbu- 

cers,  and  persons,  who  are  to  be  governed  or  directed  thereby.     From  ted. 

the  time  of  the  promulgation  whereof,  all  former  rules  and  regulations 

in  regard  to  Indii^n  affairs,  shall  be  deemed  and  taken  to  be  rescinded. 

Sec.  59.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  acts  or  parts  of  acts,      Laws  repealed, 
contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  act,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  April  8,  1862. 


Chap.  XX. — An  Act  relative  to  tJie  estimates  of  the  Jieads  of  the  several  departments.  Anril  9  186"'> 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do' enact,  That  Estimates  of  heads 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  heads  of  the  several  departments  to  com-  communicated  to 
municate  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  the  estimates  of  their  re-  Secretary  of  Treasu- 


ry- 


speclive  departments  thirty  days  prior  to  the  assembling  of  Congress ;  secretary  to  sub. 
and  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  shall  submit  said  estimates,  together  esuma^'of^'his  De°- 
with  the  estimates  for  his  own  department,  to  the  President,  ten  days  partment,  to  the 


President. 


prior  to  the  opening  of  the  session  of  Congress. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the   seve-     Bupiicates  to  be 
ral  heads  of  departments,  in  case  of  estimates  made  during  the  session  furnished  Secretary, 
of  Congress,  to  furnish  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  duplicates  there-  during  session  of  Con- 
of;  who  shall  report  thereon    to   Congress  the  ways  and  means  to  pro-  ^'''^^'' 
vide  for  the  same. 

Approved  April  9,  1862.  , 


Chap.  SXI. — An  Act  to  autliorise  the  advance  of  a  certain  sum  of  monei/  to  the  State  of  Mis-         April  9, 1S62. 

souri.  . 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  Advance  of  a  cer- 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be  authorised  to  issue  to  the  State  of  J^fg™'^  °J  ^?°^y,^° 
Missouri  the  sum  of  one  million  of  dollars,  authorised  by  an  act  enti- 


I  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  22,  23.     1862. 

1352,  Jan.  27.  fled  an  act  for  the  relief  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  approved  the  27th 
January,  1862,  upon  the  authorised  agent  or  agents  of  said  State,  first 
filing  with  said  Secretary  the  sum  of  four  hundred  and  ninety-one 
thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  in  bonds  of  said  State  of  Missouri,  as 
provided  in  said  act,  and  executing  a  receipt  for  the  rennainder  of  such 
advance  conditioned  for  the  filing  of  the  remainder  of  said  amount  in 
bonds  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  whenever  the  same  can  be  conveniently 
Proviso.  done  :  Provided,  Such  remainder  in  bonds  shall  be  filed  with  said  Sec- 

retary within  six  months  after  the  passage  of  this  act. 
Approved  April  9,  1862. 


April  10, 1862.       Chip.  XSU. — An  Act  to  provide  for  keeping  all  fire-arms  in  the  urmiee  of  the  Confederate 
States  in  the  hands  ofejeciive  men. 


Companies,  &c.,  of      T/>e   Congress  of  the  Confederate   Stafee  of  Amei-ica  do  enact,  That 

with'' pikes  or"Ser  the  President  be,  and  he  is   hereby,  authorised  to  organise  companies, 

^rais-  battalions  or  regiments  of  troops,  to  be  armed  with   pikes,   or  other 

available  arms,  to  be  approved  by   him,    when   a  sufficient   number  of 

arms  of  the  kind  now  used  in  the    service   cannot  be  procured  ;   such 

How  organized.      Companies,  battalions  or  regiments  to  be  organised  in  the  same  manner 

as  like  organizations  of  infantry  now  are  under  existing  laws. 

To  serve  as  infan-      Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  the   President  may  cause    the 

rtL°r^re"imentfin'the  troops  armed  and  organised  as  herein  provided,  to  serve  as  similar  or- 

service.  ganizations  of  infantry  noT?  do,  or  to   attach  troops  so  armed  to  other 

regiments  in  the  service,  in  numbers  not  exceeding  two  companies  of 

troops  so  armed  to  each  regiment.     And  the  colonel  of  the  regiment  to 

May  be  detailed  to  which  such  Companies  may  be  attached,  shall  have  power  to  detail  men 

an  vacancies.  from  such  Companies  to  take  the  place  of  men  in  the  companies  armed 

with  fire-arms,  whenever  vacancies  may  occur  from  death,  or  discharge, 

or  in  cases  of  absence,  from  sickness,  furlough,  or  any  other  cause:  the 

true  intent  and  meaning  of  this  provision  being  to  render  ever}-  fire-arm 

in  the  armj'  available  at  all  times,  by  having  it  alwa^'s  in  the  hands  of 

a  well  and  effective  man. 

Secretary  of  War      Sec.  3.  Immediately  after  the  passage  of  this  act  it  shall  be  the  duty 

this'act  to eve^'^Gen-  of '^6  Secretary  of  War  to  furnish  a  cop}'  of  the  same  to  every  Gene- 

erai  in  the  service,      ral  in  the  service. 

Approved  April  10,  1862. 


April  10, 1S62.  Chap.  XXm. — An  Act  to  encourage  enlistments  in  the  corps  of  marines. 

Term  of  enlistment       The   Congress  of  the    Confederate  States   of  America  do  enact,  That 
la  the  Jiarine  corps.  ^^.^^^  ^,^^  ^^^^^  ^j^g  passage  of  this  act,    enlistments  in  the  marine  corps 

shall  be  for  the  term  of  the  existing  war,  or  for  the  period  of  three 
,  years,  as  the  recruit  may  elect  at  the  time  of  enlistment. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  every  able-bodied  man  who  may 
Bounty.  enlist  and  be  received  into  the  marine  corps,  shall  bo  entitled  to  a  boun- 

ty of  fifty  dollars,  to  be  paid  at  the  time  of  joining  the  corps,  and  every 
non-commissioned  officer,  musician  and  private,  now  in  the  marine  corps, 
who  may  have  enlisted  for  three  years,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  sum 
of  forty  dollars,  as  an  equivalent  to  bounty. 

Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  into 
effect  the  provisions  of  this  act,   the  sum   of  forty  thousand  dollars  is 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  24,  25,  26.     1862. 

hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  money  in  the   Treasury,   not  otherwiso    Appropri-jtioa. 
appropriated. 

Approved  April  10,  1862. 


Chap.  XXW. — An  Act  to  legalize  the  Acts  of  the  District  Attorney,  MarsJial  and  Depitty  Mar-         ipril  11, 1862. 
slials  of  the  State  of  Tennessee.  


The  Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That      isGi,  Dec.  iz.  ^ 
the  official  acts  of  J.  (1.  Ramsey,  late  District  Attorney,  and  of  Jesse  B.  Distr'rot''Attorn'ey, 
Clements,  late  Marshal  of  the  District  of  Tennessee,  and  of  the  Depu-  Marshal  and  Deputy 

,'  T     1     r  1         -  1"  •  iiz  ',     Mars  Iialaof   the 

ties  01  said  Marshal,  Irom  the  time  their  respective  oinces  were  vacated,  state  of  Tennessee, 
by  the  passage  of  the  act  of  the  Provisional  Congress,  approved  on  the  ^'^S'^^^'^^^- 
twelfth  day  of  December,  1861,  by  which  said  District  of  Tennessee  was 
diyided  into  three  several  districts,  without  any  provision  for  continuing 
said  officers  in  office,  bo,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  made  local  and  valid 
to  the  same  extent  and  in  the  same  manner,  as  if  they  had  been  contin- 
ued in  office  up  to  the  passage  of  this  act ;  and  they   are  hereby  e.^one- 
rated  from  any  penalty,  forfeiture  or  liability  to  the  public  or  any  private 
person  by  reason  cf  any  official  act  committed  by  them,  to  tlie  same  ex- 
tent and  in  the  same  ni:inner,  as  if  they  had  been  legally  in  office  at  the 
time  of  committing  the  same.      And   said  officers  are  hereby  authorised 
to  collect  and  receive  the  same  fees  and  emoluments  as  if  they  had  been  ments. 
rightfully  in  office. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  Marshal  and  his  Deputies     Continuanceof 
may  continue  to  act  until   the  successors  of  said  Marshal  are  qualified.  Deputies  in  office. 

Approved  April  11,  1862. 


Chap.  XXV- — An  Act  to  authorize  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  pay  Distriot  Collectors  in       April  11,  1862. 

certain  cases,  ! 


Ike  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That  the     Payment  of  salaries 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  bo,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  pay  a  part  of  of  war  Ta.°°"^°'°" 
the  salaries  of  the  several  district  collectors  of  the  War  tax,  authorized 
by  the  act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  authorize    the  issue   of  Treasury  notes 
and  to  provide  a  war  tax   for  their  redemption,"  approved  August  19th, 
1861,  in   those  States  which  have  assumed  the  payment  of  said  tax  : 
Provided,  That  in  no  case  shall  the  amount  so  paid  to  each  Collector  ex- 
ceed the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  :  And  Provided,  further,  'ihe  Sec-    Maximum  amount, 
retary  of  the  Treasury  shall  bo  satisfied  that  said  collectors  gave  bond  and  Proviso, 

rendered  services  as  requiied  by  said  act,  previous  to  the  assumption  of 
said  tax  by  the  respective  States,  equal  in  value  to  the  sum  to  be  paid. 

APPP.OVED  April  11,  1832. 


Chap.  XXVI. — An  Act  for  the  organization  of  a  corps  of  officers  for  the  wording  of  nitre  caves       April  11    1862. 
ancZ  establishing  nitre  beds. J !_ 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  Corps  of  officers 
for  the  purpose  of  procuring  a  supply  of  nitre,  adequate  to  the  wants  of  ["^  *''^"g°*"S  "' °'" 
the  Government,  during  the  continuance  of  the  war  with  the  United 
StateSj  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorised  to  appoint  a  corps 
of  officers,  consisting  of  one  superintendent,  with  the  rank,  pay  and  al- 
lovi^ances  of  a  major  of  artillery,  four  assistants,  with  the  rank,  pay  and 
allowances  of  a  captain  of  artillery,  eight  subordinates,  with  the  rank, 
pay  and  allowances  of  first  lieutenants  of  artillery. 


as    .  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  27.     1862. 

Their  duties.  Sec.  2.  The  duties  of  the  officers,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Chief 

of  Ordnance,  shall  be  to  inaugurate  and  prosecute  a  system  for  the  effi- 
cient working  of  the  nitre  caves,  and  to  purchase  and  contract-,  for  the 
delivery  of  nitre  produced  within  the  limits  of  the  Confederate  States  ; 
to  inspect  the  nitre  caves  and  other  natural  deposits  of  ritriferous  earth, 
and  to  report  the  probable  annual  supply  from  these  sources,  and  the  ex- 
tent and  economy,  or  otherwise,  with  which  they  are  now  being  worked 
by  private  enterprize  ;  to  establish  nitre  beds  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
principal  cities  and  towns  of  the  Confederacy,  and  to  contract  for  the 
necessary  grounds,  sheds,  etc.,  and  for  the  offal  and  other  materials 
used  in  the  preparation  of  nitre  beds;  to  diffuse  information  and  to  sti- 
mulate enterprise  in  the  production  of  an  article  essential  to  the  success- 

guperintendent  to  f^l  prosecution  of  the  war^     The    superintendent   will  make  reports,  at 
of  Ordnance.  stated  periods,  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  to  b^  submitted  to  the  Secre- 

Organization ;  how  t^ry  of  War,  for  the  information  of  Congress.      This  organization  to  be 
continued  at  the  discretion  of  the  President. 
Approved  April  11,  1862. 


April  12,  1862.  Chap.  XXVXI. — An  Ad  to  provide  further  means  for  the  support  of  the  Government. 


1S61,  Aug.  19.  T/ie  Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

166],  Dec.  19.       jjjg  Secretary  of  the  Treasui-y  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorised  to  issue, 
in  addition  to  the  amounts  heretofore    authorised  to  be  issued  by  an  act 
entitled  "  An  Act  to  authorise   the  issue  of  Treasury  notes  and  to  pro- 
vide a  War  Tax  for  their  redemption,"  approved  August  19lh,  1861,  and 
Further  issue  of  by  the  further  supplemental  act  to  the  above  cited  act,  approved  Decem- 
tjficatesof^stockan'd^^'^  ■'^''^j  1861,  fiom  time  to  time,  as  the  public  necessities  may  require, 
bonds,  authorized.     Treasury  notes,  certificates  of  stock  and  bonds,  not  to  exceed  in  the  ag- 
gregate the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifteen  millions  of  dollars,  of  which 
fifty  millions  .shall  be  in  Treasury  notes,  to  be  issued  without  reserve  ; 
ten  millions  in  Treasury  notes  to  be  used  as  a  reserve  fund,  and  to  be  is- 
sued to  pay  any  sudtlen  or  unexpected  call  for  deposits  ;  and  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty-five  millions  certificates  of  stock  or  bonds :  the  said  Trea- 
sury notes,  certificates  of  stock  and  bonds  to  be  issued  under  the  same 
forms,  conditions  and  restrictions  as  are  provided  by  the  above  cited  acts, 
Secretary  of  the  ^'^  every  respcct  and  particular:    Provided,  however,  That  the  Secretary 
Treasury  may  effect  of  the  Treasury  may,  if  he  shall  deem   the  same  advisable,  effect  a  loan, 
at  home  or  abroad,  in  specie  funds  or  bills  of  exchange  or  Treasury 
notes,  by  a  sale  of  the  said  bonds  or  stock  upon  such  terms  as  may  be 
found  practicable  :    And   Provided,  further.  That  all  bonds  issued  under 
deeinabie'.  ^""^  "'  ^^^^  Section  shall  he  made   redeemable   at  the  pleasure  of  the  Govern- 
ment after  the  expiration  of  ten  years  from   their  respective  dates,  but 
Paith  of  the  Got-  the  faith  of  the  Government  shall  be  pledged  to  redeem  the  same  at  the 
ernment pledged.       expiration  of  thirty  years  from  such  dates. 

Bonds  or  certifi-      Si'c.  2.  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may  issue  in  exchange  for  any 
eates  in  exchange  for  gf  ^j^g  Treasury  notes  which  may  be  issued  under  this  or  any  other  law, 

Treasury  notes.  J  ,  ,      .  ,  p  . 

bonds  or  certificates,  payable  in  not  more  than  ten  years,  at  a  rate  oi  in- 
terest not  exceeding  six  per  cant,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  to 
the  extent  of  fifty  millions  of  dollars,  which  fifty  millions  shall  consti- 
tute part  of  the  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  millions  of  stock  and  bonds 
Reconvertibie  into  abovc  authorised  ;  the  said  bonds  or  certificates  to  be  reconvertible,  at 
Treasury  notes.  j|jg  pigggm-g  gf  (j^g  holder,  into  Treasury  notes,  and  the  said  exchange 
and  re-exchangc  to  be  subject  to  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  may  prescribe. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  28,  29,  30,  31.     1862.  29 

Sec.  3.  The  form  of  the  said  bonds  or  certificates  authorized  by  these-  rom. 

cond  section  above,  shall  be  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Trea- 
sury ;  the  said  certificates  may  be  issued  with  or  without  coupons,  and    May  be  with  or 
may  be  made  payable  to  order  or  bearer,  as  may  be  deemed  expedient. 

Approved  April  18,  1862. 


without  coupons. 


Chap.  XXVIII.— ^«  Act  to  increase  the  number  of  depositories  ofpuUic  funds.  April  15, 1862. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That     Additional  deposi- 
the  Secretary  is  hereby  authorized  to  make  and  constitute  such  addi-  neys. 
tional  depositories  of  public  moneys  as  in  his  judgment  the  public  ex- 
igencies may  require,  which  said  depositaries  shall  give  bond  and  be    Depositaries  to  give 
subject  in  all  respects  to  the  same  laws  and  regulations,  and  be  enti-   °^  ' 
tied  to  the  same  compensation  as  the  depositories  now  authorized  by    Their  compenaa- 
lavsr. 

Sec.  2.  The  offices  of  the  said   additional  depositories,   appointed 
under  this  act,   shall   cease  and   determine  at  the   expiration  of  one     when  their  office 
year  after  the  termination  of  the  existing  war  with  the  United  States,  °''^°'^^- 
unless  otherwise  ordered  by  Congress. 

Approved  April  15,  1862. 


Chap.  XXIX.— .4«  Act  for  thepayment  of  musicians  in  tlie  army  not  regularly  enlisfed.  April  15  18G9. 


The   Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  Amei-ica  do  enact,  That     pay  of  colored per- 
whenever  colored  persons  are  employed  as  musicians  in  any  Regiment  ^°°.^  ^mp'oyed  as 

^  1111  -111  1,-11       musicians. 

or  Company,  they  shall  be  entitled  to  the   same  pay  now   allowed  by 

law  to  musicians  regularly  enlisted  :  Provided,  That  no  such  persons  Proviso. 

shall  be  so  employed  except  by  the  consent  of  the  commanding  officer  of 

the  Brigade  to  which  said  Regiments  or  Companies  mav  belong. 

Approved  April  15,  1863.  '  ' 


Chap.  XXX. — An  Act  to  (nnend  An  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  regulate  the  compensation  of  mem-       April  10,  1862. 

hers  of  Congress,"  also  to  a/mend  An  Act  entitled  ^^  An  Act  regulating  the  mode  of  pacing . [ . 

members  of  Congress."  1862,  March  25. 

1362,  March  26. 

The  Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  Am,erica  do  enact.  That    pay  of  members  of 
during  the  recess  of  Congress,  the  members  of  the  Senate  and  House  ceTs^of  Congress.  "" 
of  Representatives  are  authorized  to  draw  their  drafts  or  orders  on  the 
Treasurer  for  their  rateable  monthly  pay  ;  and  at  the  commencement 
of  each  session  of  Congress,  the  Treasurer  shall  report  to  each  House    _ 

,  J  11.  •  1      •  I  !•  Treasurer  to  report 

the  amount  drawn  by  their  respective   members,  during  the  preceding  the  amount  drawn, 
recess:  Provided  that  the  members  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives,  respectively,   shall  be  entitled  to  draw  their  pay  at  the 
rate  fixed  by  law  up  to  the  period  of  adjournment  of  each  session. 
Approved  April  16,  1862. 


Chap.  XXXI. — An  Act  to  further  provide  for  thepublio  defence.  April  16, 1863. 


In  view  of  the  exigencies  of  the  country,  and  the   absolute  neces-        Preamble, 
sity  of  keeping  in  the  service  our  gallant  army,  and  of  placing  in  the 


so  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  31.     1862. 

field  a  large  additional  force  to  meet  tlie   advancing  columns  of  the 

enemy  now  invading  our  soil :  Therefore 
All  white  men,       The   Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
fedeiSte^  "states,  be-  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  call  out  and  place  in 
tween  the  ages  of  fj^g  rnilitarv  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  for  three  years,  unless 

18     ana     oo    years,  i     n   i  ,  i     i       n        i  •  ,  •  , 

placed  in  the  mill-  the  War  shall  have  been  sooner  ended,  all  white  men  who  are  residents 
lary  service.  ^^  jj^g  Confederate  States,  between   the  ages  of  eighteen  and   thirty- 

five  years  at  the  time  the  call  or  calls  may  be  made,  who  are  not  le- 
gally exempted  from   military  seivice.     All  of  the  persons  aforesaid 
Those  now  in  the  ^"ho  are  now  in  the  armies  of  the   Confederacy,   and  whose  term   of 
armies  continued  in  service  will  expire  before  the  end  of  the  war,  shall  be  continued  in  the 

111 6  service 

service  for  three  years   from  the  date  of  their  original  enlistment,  un- 
Re-organization  less  the  war  shall  have  been  sooner  ended:  Provided,  however,    That 
who3e°"tera''of  '^n-  ^"  ^'^^^  Companies,  squadrons,  battalions,  and  regiments,  whose  term 
listment  was  for  of  original  enlistment  was  for  twelve   months,  shall  have  the  right, 
tweiye months.         -v^-ithin  foity  days,  on  a  day  to  be  fi.xed  by  the  Commander  of  the  Bri- 
gade, to  re-organize  said  companies,  battalions,  and  regiments,  by  elec- 
ting all  their  officers,  which  they  had  a   right  heretofore  to  elect,  who 
Furloughs  may  be  shall  be  commissioned  by  the  President :  Provided,  further,  That  fur- 
p^'^^^-  loughs  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  with  transportation   home  and  back, 

shall  be  granted  to  all  those  retained  in  the  service  by  the   provisions 
.  of  this  Act  beyond  the   period  of  their  original   enlistment,  and  who 

have  not  heretofore  received  furloughs  under  the  provisions  of  an  Act 
entitled  "An  Act  providing  for  the  granting  of  bounty  and  furloughs 
to  privates  and   non-commissioned  officers  in   the  Provisional  Army," 
!6Ci,  Dec.  II.       approved  eleventh  December,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  said  fur- 
loughs to  be  granted  at  such  times  and  in  such  numbers  as  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  may  deem  most  compatible  with  the  public  interest :  and 
Cocucntation.       Provided,  further.  That  in  lieu  of  a  furlough  the   commutation  value 
in  money  of  the  transportation  herein  above  granted,  shall  be  paid   to 
each  private,  musician,  or  non-commissioned  officer  who  may  elect  to 
receive  it,  at  such  time  as  the  furlough  would  otherwise  be  granted  : 
Persons  now  en-  Provided,  further ,  That  all  persons  under  the  age  of  eighteen  years  or 
of'isoi'o've'rssvea'S'^  over  the  age  of  thirty-five  years,-  who  are  now  enrolled  in  the  military 
required  to   remain  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  in  the  regiments,  squadrons,  battal- 
■'^''"  ions,  and  companies  hereafter  to  be  re-organized,  shall  be  required  to 

remain  in  their  respective  companies,  squadrons,  battalions  and  regi- 
ments for  ninety  days,  unless  their  places  can  be  sooner  supplied  by 
other  recruits  not  now  in  the  service,  who  are  between  the  ages  of 
eighteen  and  thirty-five  years  ;  and  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  provid- 
Certain  laws  re-  ing  for  the  re-enlistment  of  volunteers  and  the  organization  thereof  into 
P*^^**''-  companies,  squadrons,  battalions,  or  regiments,  shall  be   and  t.ie  same 

are  hereby  repealed. 
Companies,  ic,      Sec.  2.  Beit  further  enacted,  That  such  companies,  squadrons,  bat- 

with   number  of  men       ,.  .      *^  .        ,  .  r  •       .-         i  i 

requisite  for  organi-  talioos,  Or  regiments  Organized,  or  in  process  oi  organization  oy  author- 
totiTeJvice.""""'*  J'y  from  the  Secretary  of  War,  as  may  be  within  thirty  days  from  the 
passage  of  this  Act,  so  far  completed  as  to  have  the  whole  number  of 
men  requisite  for  organization  actually  enrolled,  not  embracing  in  said 
organizations  any  persons  now  in  service,  shall  be  mustered  into  the 
service  of  the  Confederate  States  as  part  of  the  land  forces  of  the 
same,  to  be  received  in  that  arm  of  the  service  in  which  they  are  au- 
thorized to  organize,  and  shall  elect  their  company,  battalion,  and  regi- 
mental officers. 
EnroUmettofmen.  gj,,.  3  jj^  it  further  enacted,  That  for  the  enrollment  of  all  persons 
comprehended  within  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  who  are  not  already 
in  service  in  the  armies  of  the  Confederate  States,  it  shall  be  lawful 
for  the  President,  with  the  consent  of  the  Governors  of  the  respective 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  31.     1862.  3l> 

States,  to  employ  State  officers,  and  on  failure  to  obtain  such  consent, 
he  shall  employ  Confederate  officers,  charged  with  the  duty  of  making 
such  enrollment  in  accordance  with  rules  and  regulations  to  be  pres- 
cribed by  him. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  persons  enrolled  under  the  pro-  Persons  enrolled 
visions  of  the  preceding  Section,  shall  be  assigned  by  the  Secretary  of  nie??n  the  serTOcj 
War,  to  the  different  companies  now  in  the  service,  until  each  compa-  from  the  states  from 

,  .  ^  ,     .  II     1      1     n  winch  they  come. 

ny  IS  filled  to  its  maximum  number,  and  tlie  persons  so  enrolled  sliall 
be  assigned  to  companies  from  the  States  from  which  they  respectively 
come. 

Sec.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  Seamen  and  ordinary  Sea-  Transfer  of  seamen 
men  in  the  land  forces  of  the  Confederate  States,    enrolled   under  the  f''°'?"',5„!f°AI°';f/ 

,,  .  i"      1  i-i  /»      t  ^  tflc  ii ilVal  Service. 

provisions  of  this  Act,  may,  on  application  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
Navy,  be  transferred  from  the  land  forces  to  the  Naval  service. 

Sec.  6.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  all  cases  where  a  State  may    Excess  of  enrolled 
not  have  in  the  army  a  number   of  Regiments,    Battalions,  Squadrons  p'^J'^™^'"^p' "' *'''" 
or  Companies,  sufficient  to  absorb  the   number  of  persons   subject   to 
military  service  under  this  Act,  belonging  to  such  State,  then  the  resi- 
due or  excess  thereof,  shall  be  kept   as  a   reserve,  under  such  regula- 
tions as  may  be  established  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  that  at  stated 
periods  of  not  greater  than  three  months,  details,  determined   by   lot,  serTe^'o^  ke?p  each 
shall  be  made  from  said  reserve,  so  that  each  company  shall,  as  nearly  company  to  itamaxi- 
as  practicable,  be  kept  full :   Provided,  That  the  persons  held  in  reseive     Reserves   may  re- 
may  remain  at  home  until  called  into  service  by  the   President:  Pro-  "^otto  ?eceiTepay; 
vided,  also,  That  during  their  stay  at  home,  they  shall  not  receive  pay  : 
Provided,  further,   That  the  persons   comprehended  in  this  Act,  shall     nor  be  subject  to 
not  be  subject  to  the  Rules  and   Articles  of  War,  until   mustered   into  ^ar. 
the  actual  service  of  the  Confederate  States  ;   except  that  said  persons, 
when  enrolled  and  liable  to  duty,  if  they  shall  wilfully   refuse  to  obey 
said  call,  each  of  them  shall  be  held  to  be  a  deserter,  and  punished  as 
such,  under  said  Articles:  Provided,  further.   That  whenever,  in   the     when  the  entire 
opinion  of  the  President,  the  exigencies  of  the  public  service  may  re-  [ntoaaiSi^erTioe.'* 
quire  it,  he  shall  be  authorized  to  call  into  actual  service  the  entire  re- 
serve, or  so   much    as  may  be   necessary,  not  previously   assigned  to 
different  companies  in  service  under  provision    of  section  four  of  this 
Act;  said  reserve  shall  be  organized  under  such  rules  as  the  Secreta-       Organization, 
ry  of  War  mav  adopt :    Provided,    The  company,    battalion  and  regi-     Election  of  officers. 
mental  officers  shall  be   elected   by  the  troops   composing  the  same: 
Provided,  The  troops  raised  in  any  one  State  shall  not  be  combined  in     Troops  raised   in 

,,,,.■,.  ,  ■       ,  ■  -   ,      ,  different  States  not  to 

regimental,  battalion,  squadron   or  company  organization   wiih   troops  be  combined. 
rai^ed  in  any  other  States. 

Sec.  7.  Be  it  further  enacted,   That  all  soldiers  now  serving  in   the  Bounty, 

army  or  mustered  in  the  military  service  of  the  Confederate  States, 
or  enrolled  in  said  service  under  the  authorizations  heretofore  issued 
bv  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  who  are  continued  in  the  service  by 
virtue  of  this  Act,  who  have  not  received  the  bounty  of  fifty  dolllars 
allowed  b}'  existing  laws,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  said  bounty. 

Sec.  8.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  each  man  who  may  hereafter  Pay  for  private 
be  mustered  into  service,  and  who  shall  arm  himself  with  a  musket, 
sho*-gun,  rifle  or  carbine,  accepted  as  an  efficient  weapon,  shall  be 
paid  the  value  thereof,  to  be  ascertained  by  the  mustering  officer  un- 
der such  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War, 
if  he  is  willing  to  sell  the  same,  and  if  he  is  not,  then  he  shall  be  en- 
titled to  receive  one  dollar  a  month  for  the  use  of  said  received  and 
approved  musket,  rifle,  shot-gun  or  carbine. 

Sec.  9.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  persons  not  liable  for  duty  may   Substitutes  allowed, 
be  received  as  substitutes  for  those  who  are,  under  such  regulations  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

♦ 


32  FIRST  CONGRESS.    Sess.  I.    Ch.  32,  33.    1862. 

Vacancies  fiUea  by      gj;c.  10.  Be  it  further  enacted,   That  all  vacancies  shall  be  filled  by 
t'o™s™niOTity?°'^'"  '°°  the   President  from   the  company,  battalion,  squadron  or  regiment  in 
Proviso.  which  such  vacancies  shall  occur,  by  promotion  according  to  seniority, 

except  in  case  of  disability  or  other  incompetency  :  Provided,  however, 
That  the  President  may,  when  in  his  opinion,  it  may  be  proper,  fill  such 
vacancj'  or  vacancies  by  the  promotion  of  any  officer  or  officers, or  private 
or  privates  from   such   company,   battalion,  squadron  or  regiment  who 
shall  have  been  distinguished  in  the  service  by  exhibition  of  valor  and 
skill ;  and  that  whenever  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  the  lowest  grade  of 
Fui-iher  proviso,     (-[.jg  commissioned  officers  of  a  company,  said  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by 
election :    Provided,  That   all  appointments    made    by  the  President 
shall  be   by   and   wilh   the   advice   and  consent  of  the  Senate. 
§1  of  this  Act  tc       Sec.   11.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  provisions  of  the  first  sec- 
mentV&o"   '° '^'^^'  tion  of  this  Act,  relating  to  the  election  of  officers,  shall  apply  to  those 
regiments,  battalions,  and   squadrons  which   are   composed  of  twelve 
months  and   war  companies  combined  in  the  same  organization,  with- 
out regard  to  the  manner  in  which  the  officers  thereof  were  originally 
appointed. 
Complement  or  in-      g^c.  12.    Be  it  further  enacted,    That  each   company  of  infantry 
^"'^'  shall  consist  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five,  rank  and  file  ;  each  corn- 

field artillery ;      pany   of    field    artillery  of  one   hundred    and  fifty,    rank   and   file; 
cavalry.  each  of  cavalrv,  of  eighty,  rank  and  file. 

Persons  subject  tc      Sec.  13.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  persons,  subject  to  enroll- 

enroUment  may  vol-  <         ,  .  ■       xl  ■  j         *»  '■    ■  r  ii  • 

u.iteer.  ment,  who  are  not  now  m  the  service,  under  the  provisions  or  this 

Act,  shall  be  permitted,  previous  to  such  enrollment,  to  volunteer  in 
companies  now  in  the  service. 
Approved  April  16,  1862. 


April  IT,  3862.       Chap.   XXXn. — An   Act  to  authorise  the  employment  of  Clerics  ai  the  off ces  of  iJie  Tj-easurcr 
'  and  Assistant  Treasurers^ 

Whereas,  The  issue  and  deposit  of  Treasury   notes  at   the  offices 
connected  with  the  Treasury  involve  an  increase  of  labor  and  respon- 
sibility:   [Therefore] — 
Secretary  of  tbe       j^g    Cons:ress  of  the   Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

Treasury    authorized  .,        „  ,    ^         r  ,  i        m  •      i_  L  iU       •       J   i  I  u      J 

to  appoint  additional  the  Secretary  or  the  Treasury  is  hereby  autnonzed  to  employ  such  ad- 
klepers.^"'*  ^°°'''  ditional  Tellers  and  Book-keepers  as  are  required  at  the  offices  of  the 
Treasurer  and  Assistant  Treasurers  for  the   additional  duties  required 
Compensation.      in  the  receipt  and  disbursement  of  Treasury  notes  :  Provided  the  com- 
pensation to  be  allowed   shall  not  exceed  the  rate  of  twelve  hundred 
dollars  per  annum,  for  each  Teller  or  Clerk:  ^.wA  Provided  also,  that 
Number.  (hg   number  of  Clerks  to  be   employed  shall  not  exceed  seven  :  and, 

Provided,  that  no  person  shall  be   appointed   in   either  of  said  offices 
who  is  under  the   age  of  forty  years,  and  capable  of  active  service  in 
Piovijo.  the  army:  and,  Provided,  further,  that  a  preference  shall,  in  all  cases, 

be  given,  in  making  appointments,  the  qualifications  being  equal,  to 
those  who  have  been  discharged  from  the  military  service  of  the  coun- 
try on  account  of  wounds  received,  or  disease  contracted,  in  the  line 
of  duty. 

Approved  April  17,  1862. 


April  17, 1863         CnAP.   XXXni. — An  Art  to  authorise  the  Secretarif  of  War  Pi  divide  iJw  appropriation  for 
1 t/i^  contingen  t  exp&nses  of  the  War  j>epaHment  and  the  Al"my. 


gtcretary  of  War  to  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Jlmerica  do  enact,  That 
fionsfor'KoStin-  '•''^  appropriation  of  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  made  for  the  inci- 
gent  expenses  of  dental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Army  and  of  the  War  Depart- 
i>epartmeut°      "  ment,  in  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  making  appropriations  for  the  support 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  34.     1862.  i 

of  the  Government  from  April  first  to  the  thirteenth  of  November 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,"  approved  April  third,  eighteen  hun-  186-2,  April  8. 
dred  and  sixty-two,  be  divided  and  applied,  by  the  Secretary  of  War, 
lo  the  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  War  Department  and 
to  those  of  the  Army,  in  such  proportions,  as,  in  his  opinion,  the  exi- 
gencies of  the  public  service  may  require. 
Approved  Aprill?,  1862. 


Chap.  XXXIV. — An  Act  to  encourage  the  manufacture  of  SaZipe^e  and  of  Small  Arms.  jipril  IT,  1S62. 


The    Congress  of  the  Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact.  That     Manufactories   or 
any  person  or  persons  who  may  propose  to  establish  within  the  limits  smaii  Arm. 
of  the  Confederate  States  a  manufactory  or  manufactories  of  Saltpe- 
tre and  of  Small  Arms  adapted  to  the  use  of  the  army,  shall  be  enti-        , 
lied   to  receive   from  the   Government  an   advance  of  fifty  per  cent.     Advances  by  the 
of  the  amount  required  for  the   erection  and  preparation  of  the  works    "^'■'""^"  ■ 
and   machinery   necessary   to   such    manufactory    or    manufactories, 
to  be  repaid  without  interest   in  the  product  of  such  manufactory  or 
manufactories,  at  a  price  to  be  agreed  upon  before  such  advance  ^hall 
be  made,  and  subject  to  the  following  conditions,  to  wit: — First,  That 
the   contractor  or  contractors  shall  submit  to  the  President  a  plan  of  Plan  of  the  woria. 
the  proposed  works,  showing  their  location,  nature   and   extent,  to- 
gether with  a  sworn  estimate  of  their  probable  cost,  and  a  detailed  ac- 
count under  oath  of  the  amount  already  expended  on  the  same,  which 
amount  shall  be  at  least  twenty-five  per  cent,  of  the  entire  estimated 
cost  of  such  work.     Second,  That  the  amount  so  advanced   shall  be    Advances  payable 
paid  in   instalments   as   the   works  shall  progress  towards  completion.  '"  'ostaimenta. 
Third,  That  the  proposed  enterprise   and   works  shall  be  approved  by    President'a  appro- 
the  President.     Fourth,  That  the  contractor  or  contractors  shall  enter  ^^'' 
into  bond   with  sufficient  securit3'-,  to  be  approved  by  the  President,  in  bon™  "°  °"  "^^ 
the  penalty  of  double  the  amount  proposed  to  be  advanced,  and  condi-  Penalty, 

tioned  that  the  principal  obligor  or  obligors  shall  well  and  truly,  by  a  Condition, 
certain  time,  (which  may  be  extended  by  the  President  if  he  thinks 
proper,)  named  in  the  bond,  proceed  to  erect,  complete  and  put  into 
effective  operation  the  manufactory  or  manufactories  proposed;  that 
he  or  they  will  expend  the  sum  named  for  these  purposes;  that  he  or 
they  will  appropriate  the  money  advanced  by  the  Government  to  such 
purpose  and  to  no  other  use  or  purpose,  and,  as  far  as  practicable,  keep 
the  property  insured  ;  and  that  he  or  they  will  repay  the  same  from 
the  merchantable  articles  manufactured,  to  be  delivered  at  such  times 
and  in  such  quantities  as  may  be  agreed  upon,  the  same,  in  all  cases, 
to  be  inspected  by  a  government  officer  before  it  is  received,  until  he 
or  they  shall  fully  repay  to  the   Confederate  States,  in  the  article  and  «k 

at  the   price   stipulated  for  the  sum  advanced  ;   that  the  contiactor  or 
contractors  shall  subscribe  a  Written  oath,  endorsed  upon   the   back   of  Oati. 

said  bond,  which  may  be  administered  by  any  one  authorized  to  ad- 
minister an  oath,  that  said  advance  is  asked  for  the  purposes  specified 
in  this  Act,  and  no  other,  and  that  he  or  thej-  will  so  apply  said  funds, 
which  may  thus  be  advanced  ;  and  a  willful  and  corrupt  violation  of 
this  oath  shall  be  deemed  perjury,  and  punishable  by  imprisonment  for  Penalty  for  pcrju- 
not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  ten  years.  '■^■ 

Sec.  2.  The  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  apply  to  cases  of  enlarge-    This  Act  to  app'y 
ment   or   manufactories  of  Saltpetre  and   of  Small  Arms,  now  estab- ^  ^Jj'^'^j  °^^™'*;'P'" 
lished  of  being  establisherJ  within  the  Confederate  States,  but  the  ad-  ttaiiafactories. 
ranees   made   in   such   cases,  shall  only  b«  fiftv  per  cent,  upon  the 
3 


FIRST'  CONGRESS.     S^ss.  I.     Ch.  35,  36.     ISCJ. 

amount  proposed  to  be  invested  in  the  enlargement  of  such  m.anufacto- 
ry  or  manufactories:  and  no  now  existing  investment  in  such  manufac- 
tory or  manufactories  shall  be  computed  or  taken  into  account  in  de- 
termining such  fiffj'  per  cent. 
Approved  April  17,  1862. 


April  IT,  1 862.  Chap-.  XXXV. — An  Ad  anOiorbing  the  U»ue  of  I^eamry  Notei. 


isme  of  Treasury       The  Congress  of  the   Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
^/,-"'°''f**'!T,'2.''i[i    addition"  to  the    Treasury  Notes,  authorized   to   be  issued   under 

naUon  of  one  and  two  i       o  p     i       m 

doiiais.  previous  acts,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  required  to  pre- 

pare and  put  in  circulation,  by  such  means  as  he  may  deem  proper  to 
adopt,  five  millions  of  dollars  of  Treasury  Notes  of  the  Confederate 
States,  of  the  denomination  of  one  dollar  and  two  dollars.     Said  notes 
shall  be  issued  in  such  proportions  of  each,  to  the  aggregate  sum  herein 
wiien  payable,      authorized  as  the  said  Secretary  may  determine,  payable  to  bearer,  six 
months  after  the  ratificatior*  of  a  treaty  of  peace,  between  the  Confed- 
ncccivaMein  pav- ^'"^'s  States  and  the  United  States.     Said  notes  shall  be  receivable  in 
meiit  of  public  dues  payment  of  all  public  dues,  including  postage,  except  the  export  duty 
on  cotton. 
Printing  of  the      Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Secretary  is  hereby  author- 
"°"^'  ized  to  have  said  notes  printed  as  be  may  deem  most  practicable  and 

advisable  in  effecting  a  speedy  issue  and  circulation  of  said  notes. 
iMue  0-:  Treasury      Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is 
1?°'?'"'^  "°"'"?'?'"'  herebv  authorized  to  issue  Treasury  notes  pavable  in  six  months  after  the 

3:3i),  bearing  inter-  ^  -    .  -  .  ,-  ,       r-t       r    ,  n 

eM.  ratification  of  a  treaty  of  peace,  between  the  Coniederate   States  and 

the  United  States,  of  a  denomination  not  less  than  one   hundred  dol- 
lars, bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  two  cents  per  day   for  each  hun- 
To  he  a  substitute  dred  dollars  ;  the  said  notes  when  issued  to  be  a  substitute  for  so  much 
of  the  one  hundred  and  sixtv-five  millions  of  bonds  authorized  by  the 
ucceivibie  in  pay-  act  of  Congress,  passed  at  the  present  session  ;  and  said  notes  shall  be 
^p^fek""^  dues,  ex-  j-gceivable  in  payment  of  all  public  dues  except  the  export  dutj' on  cotton. 
Report  by  Secreta-      Sec.  4.  Be  it  fwrtker  enacted,   That  the  said   Secretary  shall  make 
ry  to  Congress.  report  to  Congress  of  the  amount  of  each  denomination  of  notes,  herein 

required  to  be  issued,  which  he  may  put  in  circulation. 
Act  of  i?ci,  Aug.       Sec.  5.  Beit  further  enacted.  That  the  twent3'-5rst  and  twenty- 
I^ainftt^he  forge''rT'ff  third  sections  of  "  An  act  to  authorize  the  issue  of  Treasury  Notes, 
notes, tc,  to appi;-.     and  to  provide  a  War  Tax  for  their  redemption"  be,  and  the  same  are 
hereby  declared  to  apply  to  the  Treasurj'  Notes  herein  authorized,  as 
fidly,  in  all  respects,  as  if  the  same  constituted  a  part  of  this  act. 
Approved  April  17,  1862. 


«     -,  fft  1QC1         Chap.  XXXVI. — An  Act  to  aid  inihe  conMrudwn  of  a  c^rfainliTie  of  railroad  in  the  States  of 


Preamble.  Whereas,  The  Confederate  States  are  engaged  in   actual  war,  and 

the  President  has  recommended,  for  military  reasons,  the  construction 
oonBtrnction  of  of  the  railroad  from  New  Iberia,  in  the  State  of  Louisiana,  and  Hous- 
i"eria!Tlouis°aM,^and  ton,  in  the  State  of  Texas,  and  the  Commanding  General  at  New  Or- 
Houston,  Texas.        leans  has  declared  it  to  be  at  the  present  moment  a  great  military  ne- 
cessity: [Therefore — ] 
cen  tract  for  the       The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  the 
nSonTf'saw  rood's'  President  be,  and  he  is  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered   to  aid 
or  contract  with  the  New  Orleans  and  Texas  Railroad  Company,  and 


FIRST  CONGRESS.  Sess.  I.     Cii.  37,  38.     1862.  I 

the  Texas  and  New  Orleans  Raili-oad  Company,  upon  such  terms  and 
conditions  as  he  may  think  proper,  to  insure  the  prompt  completion 
and  connection  of  said  roads,  in  the  manner  he  may  think  best  calcu- 
lated to  promote  the  public  interest. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  furiher  enacted,  That  to  enable  the  President  to  ac-  ippropriation. 
complish  the  object  herein  contemplated,  the  sum  of  one  million  five 
hundred  thousand  dollars  in  the  bonds  of  the  Confederate  States,  is 
hereby  appropriated  to  be  issued  and  applied  by  the  order  of  the  Pres- 
ident at  such  times  and  in  such  sums  as  he  may  deem  proper,  and  that 
the  President  be  directed  to  take  a  mortgage  on  said  road  and  its  ap-  Mortgage  oa 
purtenances  for  the  ultimate  repayment  of  the  money  so  expended  in 
aid  of  its  erection. 

Approved  April  19,  1863. 


road. 


Chip.  XXXVn. — An  Act  to  repeal  certain  lawn  therein  named  and  to  declare  other-t  in  fall        April  19, 1863. 
force,  ill  relation  to  conveyance  of  mailable  matter  outside  of  the  viail.  \ 


The   Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That     Certain  laws  re- 
so   much   of  the   existing   enactments  of  the  Confederate    States,    as  ci'jjl.'ed  jn"fo°ce'^'^reia- 
relates  to  the  conveyance  or  transportation    of  letters  or   packages  of  ting  to  the  coDvey- 
letters  or  of  mailable  matter  of  any  kind  by  express  or  other   compa-  t "v'^by Ixp^ress or'om- 
nies  of  any  kind,  their  agents  or  employees,  be  and  the  same  are  here-  er companies. 
by  repealed,  and  the  laws  of  the  United  States  adopted  b}-  an   act  of 
the  Provisional  Congress  entitled  "  An  Act  to  continue  in  force  certain 
laws  of  the  United  States  of  America,"   on  the  ninth  day  of  Februa-       isoi,  Feb.  9. 
ry,  one  thousand,  eight  hundred  and  sixty-one,  relating  to  the  convey- 
ance or*transportation  of  letters,    packets,    or  packages   of  letters  or 
other  mailable  matter  by  express  or  other  companies,   their  agents  or 
employees,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby   declared  to   be  in   full  force: 
Provided,  That  nothing  in  this  act  contained   shall   be  so  construed  as  Proviso, 

to  declare  that  any  portion  of  said  laws  of 'the  United  Stales,  adopted 
as  aforesaid,  not  inconsistent  with  the  acts  of  the  said  Provisional  Gov- 
ernment was  by  said  last  named  acts  in  any  wise  abrogated  or  repeal- 
ed :  Provided,  further,  That  frauds  upon  the  revenue  of  the  Post  Ofhce     jrauds  upon  the 
Department  and  offences  against  and  violations  of  the  laws  hereby  re-  revenue  of  tiieP.  o. 

TJ  u  Jj-ij  'UJ  iill  •    i-  uepartme  nt,  lisvf 

pealed  may  be  proceeded  against  and  punished  under  the  laws  existing  punished. 

at  the  time  of  the  commission  of  such  fraud,  ofTence  or  violation,  and 

this  act  shall  not  be  construed  to  have  a  retroactive  operation  so  as  to     Fowthis  act  tobs 

repeal  or  abrogate  any  law   as  to  such  frauds,   offences  or  violations  consfued. 

heretofore  committed,    but  shall   have  a   prospective   operation   only  : 

Provided,  also,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  the  first  of     when  to  take  effect. 

June,  one  thousand,  eight  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

Approved  April  19,  1862. 


Chap.  XXXVIII.— ^n  Act  regulating  the  fees  of  Marshals  and  for  other  purposes,  April  19, 1863. 

The    Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That      Marshals' fees, 
all  laws  now  in  force  prescribing  the  fees  of  Marshals  of  the  Confed- 
erate States  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed;   and  in  lieu  thereof 
the  said  Marshals  shall  be  allowed  to  have  and  charge  the  fees  follow- 
ing, to  wit: 

For  service  of  any  warrant,  attachment,  summons,  capias  or  other 
writ  (except  execution,  venire  or  summons,  or  subpoena  for  a  witness,) 
two  dollars  for  each   person  on   whom  such  service  may   be  nriade  : 


36  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  38.     1863.   • 

Provided,  That,  on  petition  setting  forth  the  facts  on  oath,  |the  court 
may  allow  such  fair  compensation  for  the  keeping  of  personal  proper- 
ty, attached  and  held  on  mesne  process,  as  shall,  on  examination,  be 
found  to  be  reasonable. 

For  serving  a  writ  of  subpcena  on  a  witness,  fifty  cents:  and  no 
further  compensation  shall  be  allowed  for  any  copy,  summons  or  notice 
for  witness. 

For  travel  in  going  to  serve  any  process,  warrant,  attachment,  or 
other  writ,  including  writs  of  subpoena  in  civil  and  criminal  cases,  five 
cents  per  mile  for  going  and  the  same  for  returning,  to  be  computed 
from  the  court  where  the  process  is  issued,  to  the  place  where  served, 
by  the  route  usually  travelled  between  such  points ;  and  if  more  than 
one  person  is  served  therewith,  the  travel  shall  be  computed  from  the 
court  to  the  place  of  service  which  shall  be  most  remote,  adding  thereto 
the  extra  travel  which  shall  be  necessary  to  serve  it  on  the  other. 
-And  in  all  cases  where  mileage  la  allowed  to  the  Marshal  by  this  Act, 
it  shall  be  at  his  option  to  receive  the  same,  or  his  actual  traveling  ex- 
penses, to  be  proved  on  his  oath  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  court. 
For  each  bail  bond,  fifty  cents. 

For  summoning  appraisers,  each,  fifty  cents.  For  every  commit- 
ment or  discharge  of  a  prisoner,  fifty  cents. 

For  every  proclamation  in  admiralty,  thirty  cents.  For  sales  of 
vessels  or  other  propeity,  under  process  in  admiralty,  or  under  the 
order  of  a  court  of  admiralty,  and  for  receiving  and  paying  the  money, 
one  per  centum  on  the  amount. 

For  serving  an  attachment  in  rem,  or  a  libel  in  admiralty,  two  dol- 
lars ;  and  the  necessary  expenses  of  keeping  boats,  vessels  or  other 
property  attached  or  libelled  in  admiralty  to  be  ascertained  and  allow- 
ed by  the  court. 

For  serving  a  writ  of  possession,  partition,  execution,  or  any  final 
process,  the  same  mileage  as  is  herein  allowed  for  the  servjce  of  any 
other  writ :  Provided,  That  no  charge  for  mileage  in  any  case  shall  be 
made,  except  for  the  distance  actually  travelled  ;  and  for  making  the 
service,  seizing  or  levying  on  property;  advertising  and  disposing  of 
the  same  by  sale,  set-ofFor  otherwise,  according  to  law,  receiving  and 
paying  over  the  money,  the  same  fees,  commissions  and  poundage,  as 
are  or  shall  be  allowed  for  similar  service  to  the  Sheriffs  of  the  seve- 
ral States,  respectively,  in  which  the  service  may  be  rendered. 

For  serving  venires,  and  summoning  jurors,  fifty  cents  each  :  Pro- 
vided, That,  in  no  case  shall  the  fees  for  distributing  and  serving  venires, 
and  summoning  jurors,  including  mileage  chargeable  by  the  Marshal 
for  such  service,  at  any  court,  exceed  fifty  dollars. 

For  traveling  from  his  residence  to  the  place  of  holding  court,  to  at- 
tend a  term  thereof,  ten  cents  per  mile  for  going  and  the  same  for  re- 
turning, and  five  dollars  per  day  for  attending  the  court  and  for  bring- 
ing in  and  committing  prisoners  and  witnesses  during  the  term. 

For  executing  a  deed  prepared  by  a  party  or  his  attorney,  one  dol- 
lar. 

For  drawing  and  executing  a  deed,  five  dollars. 
For  transporting  criminals  to  the  Penitentiary,  or  other  place  of  con- 
finement, ten  cents  per  mile  for  each  necessary  guard  and   each  pri- 
soner, for  going  only,  and  ten  cents  per  mile  for   himself  for  going 
and  returning. 

For  conveying  prisoners  under  arrest  from  the  place  of  arrest  to  the 
»  court  where  the  prisoners  are  to  be  tried,  ten  cents  per  mile   for  him- 

self and  each  necessary  guard,  and  each  prisoner. 

For  copies  of  writs  or  papers  furnished  at  the  request  of  any  party, 
ten  cents  per  folio. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  39.     1862, 


37 


For  holding  a  Court  of  Enquiry,  or  other  proceedings- before  a  jury,  ^ 

including  the  summoning  of  a  jury,  five  dollars. 

For  attending  examinations  before  a  commissioner  and  bringing  in, 
guarding  and  returning  persons  charged  with  crime,  five  dollars  per 
day  for  himself,  and  three  dollars  per  day  for  each  deputy  necessarily 
attending,  not  exceeding  two. 

The  respective  courts  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  appoint  criers    piers  and  persons 

r        »     •  r  1  II       attending  on  janes. 

tor  their  couits,  to  be  allowed  the  sum  ot  two  dollars  per  day ;  and  the 
Marshals  are  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  such  a  number  of  persons, 
not  exceeding  five,  as  the  Judges  of  their  respective  Courts  shall  de- 
termine, to  attend  upon  the  Grand  and  other  Juries,  and  for  other  ne- 
cessary purposes,  who  shall  be  allowed  for  their  services  the  sum  of 
two  dollars  per  day,  to  be  paid  by,  and  included  in  the  accounts  of  the 
Marshal,  out  of  any  money  of  the  Confederate  States  in  his  hands; 
the  compensation  to  be  given  only  for  actual  attendance. 

For  expenses  while  employed  in  endeavoring  to  arrest,  under  pro-    Marshals  allowed 
cess,  any  person  charged  with  or  convicted  of  a  crime,  the  sum  actual-  '^"  ^'^  ^''•^^'''^■ 
ly  expended,  not  to  exceea  two  dollars  per  day,  in  addition  to  his  com- 
pensation for  service  and  travel. 

For  disbursing  money  to  jurors  and  witnesses  and  for  other  expenses,     Aiioiranee  for  dis- 

.  ,         °  "  hursing  money. 

two  per  centum. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  there  shall  be  paid  to  the     Fees  to  be  paid  to 
Marshal  his  fees  for  services  rendered  for  the  Confederate  States  for  *',''3^!'^),%'J?''^(^nf^ 
summoning  jurors  and  witnesses  in  behalf  of  the  Confederate  States,  eratestatea. 
and  in  behalf  of  any  prisoner  to  be  tried  for  any  capital  offence ;  for 
the  maintenance  of  prisoners  of  the  Confederate  States,  confined  in 
jail  for  any  criminal  offence  ;  for  the  commitment  or  discharge  of  such 
prisoners;  for  the  expenses^  necessarily  incurred  for  fuel,  lights  and    contingent  ex- 
other  contingencies,  that  may  accrue  in  holding  the  Courts  within  the  ps^ses. 
District,  and  providing  the  books  necessary  to  record  the  proceedings 
thereof:  Provided,  That  the  Marshal  shall  not  incur  an  expense  of  more  Proviso, 

than  twenty  dollars  in  any  one  year  for  furniture,  or  fifty  dollars  for 
rent  of  building  and  making  improvements  thereon,  without  first  sub- 
milting  a  statement  and  estimates  to  the  Department  of  Justice  and 
getting  instructions  in  the  premises. 

Sec.  3.  Andle  it  further  enacted,  That  in  lieu  of  the  compensa-  isei,  March  IG. 
tion  now  allowed  to  jurors  in  the  Confederate  Courts,  by  virtue  of  the 
tvyenty-fifth  section  of  the  Act  to  establish  the  Judicial  Courts  of  the 
Confederate  States  of  America,  passed  March  sixteenth,  eighteen  hun- 
dred'and  sixty-one,  there  be  hereafter  allowed  to  such  jurors  two  dol- 
Jars  p^r  day  while  in  actual  attendance  on  any  of  such  courts,  and  for  jurors." 
travelling  from  their  residence  to  said  courts,  five  cents  per  mile  for 
going  and  the  same  for  returning. 

Sec.  ^.'Jlnd  he  it  further  enacted.  That  in  lieu  of  the  compensation  To  witnesses. 
now  allowed  by  law  to  witnesses  summoned  in  behalf  of  the  Confede- 
rate States,  they  shall  be  allowed  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  for  each 
day's  attendance  in  court,  or  before  any  officer  pursuant  to  law,  and 
five  cents  per  mile  for  travelling  from  their  places  of  residence  to  said 
place  of  trial  or  hearing,  and  five  cents  per  mile  for  returning. 

Approved  April  19,  1862. 


All  0  wane  e     to 


CoAP.  XXXIX. — An  Act  Tnakin^urffier  appropriations  for  tlie  experises  of  the  Gcyvernment 
in  the  Trea&ury,  War  and  Na'vy  Departments,  and  for  other  purposes. 


April  19,    1M9. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That ,.  ^"^''^J^^'^Jp^'^^^- 
the  lollowing  sums  be,  and  they  are  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  ending  Nov.  so,  i8€2. 
money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  objects  here- 


3'8 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  40,  41.     1862. 


Treasury 
ment 


Miscellaneous 


War  Department. 


Navy  Department. 


after  expressed,  for  the  year  ending  November  thirtieth,  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  sixty-two  :  ' 

Depart-  Treasury  Department. — For  additional  clerks  to  be  employed  in  the 
office."?  of  the  Treasurer,  Asssistant  Treasurers  and  Depositaries  of  the 
Confederate   States,    five    thousand   six  hundred  dollars. 

Miscellaneous. — For  the  interest  on  the  public  debt,  nine  millions  of 
dollars.  For  paper,  plates  and  printing  an  additional  amount  of  bonds 
and  large  Treasury  notes,  one  hundred  thousand  dollars.  For  eight  addi- 
tional clerks  required  for  issue  of  bonds  and  coupons,  four  thousand 
dollars.  For  paper,  plates  and  printing  of  Treasuiy  notes  of  the  de- 
nominations of  one  and  two  dollars,  seventy-five  thousand  dollars. 
For  twelve  additional  clerks  to  sign  small  Treasury  notes,  six  thou- 
sand dollars. 

War  Department. — For  the  purchase  of  pig  and  rolled  iron,  one  mil- 
lion of  dollars.  For  casting  cannon,  shot  and  shells,  five  hundred 
thousand  dollars.  For  manufacturing  small  arms  of  all  kinds, 
two  millions  of  dollars.  For  purchase  and  manufacture  of  nitre 
and  all  expenses  incidental  to  exploring  and  v?orking  caves,  &.C.,  one 
million  of  dollars. 

JVavy  Department. — To  make  advances  on  contracts  for  the  manu- 
facture and  production  of  iron,  one  million  of  dollars.  For  the  pur- 
chase by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  of  exchange  for  the  use  of  the 
Navy  Department,  in  purchasing  iron  clad  vessels,  one  million  four 
hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Approved  April  19,  1862. 


April  19, 1863. 


Signal  Corps. 


Chap.  XL. — An  Act  to  organize  a  Signai  Corps. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Jlmerica  do  enact,  That 
the  President  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  by  and  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  the  Senate,  to  appoint  ten  officers  in  the  Provisional  Army, 
of  a  grade  not  exceeding  that  of  Captains,  and  with  the  pay  of  cor- 
responding grades  of  Infantry,  who  shall  perform  the  duties  of  Signal 
Officers  of  the  Army.  And  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  ap- 
point ten  Sergeants  of  Infantiy,  in  the  Provisional  Army,  and  to  as- 
sign them  to  duty  as  Signal  Sergeants.  The  Signal  Corps  above  au- 
thorized may  be  organized  as  a  separate  corps,  or  may  be  attached  to 
the  Department  of  the  Adjutant  and  Inspector  General,  or  to  the  Engi- 
neer Corps,  as  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  direct. 

Approved  April  19,  1862. 


April  19, 1862. 


Chap.  XLI. — An  Act  supplementary  to  the  Act  entitled  ^^An  Actio  encourage  tlie  77ianu/actur6 
of  Saltpetre  and  Small  Arnis?^ 


18G2,  April  IT.  The    Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

the  provisions  of  the  act  entitled  "An  Act  to  encourage  the  manufac- 
ture of  Saltpetre  and  of  Small  Arms,"  shall  also  apply  to  all  establish- 
Coai  and   Iron  ments  Or  mines  for  the  production  of  coal  and  for  the  production  and 
"""^^'  manufacture  of  iron,  and  that  in   addition  to  the  advance  of  fifty  per 

cent,  therein  mentioned,  the  President  be  and  he  is,  hereby  authorized 
Coniraeia  for  the  to  enter  into  contracts  for  the  purchase  of  coal. and  iron,  in  such  quan- 
pm-chase  of  Coal  ami  jj^jg^  ^^  ^^^^  probably  be  required  for  a  series  of  years,  not  exceeding 
six,  and  to  make   advances  thereon  not  exceeding  one-third   of  the 
amount  of  such  contract. 
Approved  April  19,  1862. 


^IRST  CONGHESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  42, 43.     1862. 


3S 


Chap.  SLII. — An  Act  to  establish  certain  Post  Routes  therein  named. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
'ihe  following  post  routes  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  established,  to 
wit : 

In  the  State  of  Alabama. — From  Guntersville,  by  way  of  Larkins- 
'^'ille,  on  the  Memphis  and  Charleston  Railroad,  to  Bellefonte.  From 
•Syliacogga  to  I.  I.  Richards,  in  Coosa  County. 

In  the  State  of  Arkansas. — From  Parks  to  Blackfork,  in  Scott  coun- 
ty. From  Jacksonport,  by  Black  and  Current  Rivens,  to  Cherokee  Point, 
•in  Randolph  county.  From  Trenton,  by  Hickory  Grove  to  Clarendon. 
iFrom  Camden  by  way  of  £1  Dorado,  in  Union  comity,  to  Monroe,  in 
the  State  of  Louisiana.  From  Washington  to  Hempstead  county,  by 
way  of  Nashville,  Ozan  Post  Office,  Wilton  and  Murfreesboro'  to  Roys- 
ton,  in  Pike  county.  From  Warren,  by  way  of  Johnsville,  to  Ham- 
burgh. 

In  the  State  of  Florida. — From  Waldo  Station,  on  the  Florida  Rail- 
road, to  Etoriah. 

In  the  Slate  of  Georgia. — From  Athens,  by  way  of  Harmony  Grove 
and  Phi  Delta,  to  Homer.  From  Lebeauville,  on  the  Savannah,  Al- 
bany and  Gulf  Railroad,  to  Waresboro'.  From  Athens  to  Lawrence- 
ville.  From  Harmony  Grove,  by  way  of  Homer  and  Webb's  Creek, 
to  Hollingsworth.     From  Nesota,  Baker  county,  to  Camilla. 

In  the  State  of  Louisiana. — From  Natchetoches,  on  Red  River,  to 
Monroe,  on  the  Ouachita  River. 

In  the  State  of  Mississippi. — From  Lake  Station,  by  way  of  Pine- 
ville,  to  Flover's  Place,  in  Smith  county. 

In  the  State  of  Tennessee. — From  Cade's  Cave  to  Mont  Vale  Springs. 
From  Cookville  to  Gainesboro'. 

In  the  State  of  Virginia. — From  Arrington,  by  way  of  Massie's  Mills, 
'to  Tye  River  Mills,  in  Nelson  county. 

In  the  State  of  Jforth  Carolina. — From  Slatesville,  by  way  of  Tay- 
.lorsville,  Wilkesboro'  and  Jefferson,  to  Marion,  in  the  State  of  Vir- 
.ginia. 

In  the  Slate  of  South  Carolina — From  Simsville,  by  way  of  Ma3'bur- 
lon,  to  Goshen  •Hill. 

In  Jforth  Carolina. — From  Franklin,  North  Carolina,  to  Walhalla,  in 
South  Carolina. 

In  the  State  of  Texas. — Fiom  Hookley's  Depot,  on  the  Houston  and 
?Central  Railroad,  to  Waller's  Store.  From  Hickory  Station,  in  Cataw- 
'ba  county.  North  Carolina,  to  Lenoir. 

Approved  April  19,  1862. 


Apiil  19, 18G2. 


Post  Routes  estab- 
lished: 


Iq  Arliaasas. 


la  Georgia. 


Iq  Louisiana. 

In  Mississippi. 

lu  Tennessee. 

Iq  Virginia. 

In  North  Carolina. 

In  South  Carolina. 

In  North  Carolina. 

In  Taxas. 


Chap.  TLhTH.—An  AH  ti  increase  ilte  MUtlary  Mi-iahl,lshm.erd  of  the  Confederate  States,  and       April  19,  18C2. 

to  am^m/lthe  '•'■  Actfor  Vie  establishment  ar^d  organization  of  the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States   

of  America." 


The  Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact.  That     Number  of  Ord- 

.,  If  r\     1  o  .  i-ii  •  •         f         ^       nance  Pergeanta  in- 

the  number  ol  Ordnance  sergeants  authorized  by  section  six  of  "  An  creased. 
Act  to  increase  the  Military  Establishment  of  the  Confederate  States," 
&c.,  approved  May    16'th,  1861,  be  so  increased  as  to  provide  one  for      i86i,  Mayie. 
..each  regiment  of  the  troops  now  or  hereafter  received  in  the  service. 
Approved  April  19,  1862. 


40  FIRST  CONGEESS.    Sess.  I.    Ch.  44,  45,  46,  47,  48.    1862. 

April  19,  isea-       CsiP.  XLXy.—An  Act  to  Hmit  the  Act  autJiorixing  the  suapmsion  of  the  Writ  of  Babioi  Corpv»^ 

A  c  t  suEpendirg       The  Congress  of  ihe   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
pus'd°finei"^''^  '^"^'  ^he  act  authorizing  the    suspension  of   the  writ  of   habeas  corpus, 
is  hereby  limited  to  arrests  made  by  the  authorities  of  the  Confederate 
Government,  or  for  offences  against  the  same. 
How  lonf  said  act      Sec.  2.  Be  it  fu7't her  enacted,  That  the  act  "which  this  act  is  intend- 
to  continue  m  orce.  ^j  ^^  limit  shall  Continue  in  force  for  thirty  days  after  the  nest  meeting 
of  Congress,  and  no  longer. 
Approved  April  19,  1862. 


April  19, 1862.       Chap.  XLV.— jln  Act  to  a^nend  An  Act  eniUZed  ^^  An  Ad  to  prescribe  the  Hates  of  Postage  in 
^_^ Vie  Confederate  States  of  Amenca,  and  for  other  purposes" 


Rates  of  postage  on  The  Cong7;ess  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
from  and  after  the  first  day  of  July  next,  there  shall  be  charged  the 
following  rates  of  postage,  to  wit:  For  ever}'  single  letter  sealed,  and 
for  every  letter  in  manuscript  or  paper  of  any  kind,  upon  which  infor- 
mation shall  be  asked  for,  or  communicated  in  writing,  or  by  marks 
or  signs,  conveyed  in  the  mails  for  any  distance  within  the  Confederate 
What  deemed  a  States  of  America,  ten  Cents  ;  and  every  letter  or  parcel  not  exceeding 
Bingie  letter.  ^gjf  ^^  ounce  in  weighir,  shall  be  deemed  a  single  letter,  and  every  addi- 

Artditionai    single  tional  half  Ounce,  or  additional  weight  of  less  than  half  an  ounce,  shall 
pos.age.  j^g  charged  with  an  additional  single  postage. 

Approved  April  19,  1862. 


April  19, 16(12.  CnAP.  XL\7. — An  Act  to  authorize  the  ertipXoyment  of  Brill  Masters. 


Drill  Masters.  The    Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  empovi'ered  to  ap- 
point Drill  Masters  for  Camps  of  Instruction  or  reserve  forces  in  anj' 
arm  of  the  military  service,  with  such  pay  as  the  Secretary  of  War 
may  prescribe. 

Approved  April  19,  1^% 


April  19,  1S62.  Chap.  XLVII. — An  Act  in  relation  to  Auditing  Acc;>u^is  for  the   War  Department. 


Auditing  Accounts       The  Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
tor^tiie     ar    epart-  jj.  gj^^jj   ^^   ^[^g  ^^^jy  ^f  j[jg  Second  Auditor,  after  examining  the  ac- 
counts for  the  War  Department,  to  certify  the  balances  and  transmit 
the  account  with   the  vouchers  and  certificates  to  the  Comptroller  for 
his  decision  thereon,  and  when  finally  adjusted,  said  accounts,  vouch- 
ers and  certificates  shall  be  filed  with  the  Register,  as  required  by  the 
act    "to  establish    the  Treasury   Dbpartment,"    approved   February 
1061,  Feb.  21.       twenty-first,  eighteen  Iiundred  and  sixty-one. 
Approved  April  19,  1863. 


April  19, '  8C'2.        Chap  XLVIIT. — An  Act  to  ametid  "  An  Act  to  refiulnte  the  mode  of  paying  the  members  of  tha 
Stnate  and  House  of  liepreseniaiives,  and  i/ie  dishursemetJit  of  the  Co^iMngent  FwivA." 


1862,  March  16.  The    Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I      Oh.  49.     1862.  41 

the  compensation  due  to  the  officers  of  the  Senate  shall  be  certified  by    f'oTipensatioh  due 

,       „'  i-juo         1  ,  Li-  •  -ijui  J  officers  ofthe  Senate; 

the  Secretary  of  the  Senate,  at  such  times  as  ts  provided   by  law,  and 

the  Sergeant-at-Arms  shall  draw  upon  the  Treasury  for  the  amounts 

thus  certified,  and  the  drafts  shall  be  paid  from  the  Treasury  of  the  and^ow"?"!?""^^* 

Confederate  States  when  issued  according  to  law. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  compensation  due  to  the  officers  of  the   House  of    Compensation  due 
Representatives  shall  be  certified   to  by  the   Clerk  of  said  House,  at  °'^="'"'' ""^■^°'''': 
such  times  as  is  provided  by  law ;  and  the  said  Clerk  shall  draw  upon 
the  Treasury  for  the  amounts  thus  certified,  and  the  drafts   shiU   be    by  whom  certified 
paid  from   the  Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States,   when    issued  ac- ^""* ''°'' p"'*- 
cording  to  law. 

Approved  April  19,  1862. 


Chap.  XLIX. — An  Act  to  limit  the  compensaiiori  of  Clerics^  MarshaU  and  District  Aitomaya  of      -April  19,  1862. 
the  Vonf&Jteraie  States. 

The  Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  _,^'''',"'=' ^"°':°<=y'; 

•  .    "^  ^^,'  r         T-i-        •        r-\  ii/r  ^      I-  Clerks   of    District 

every  District  Attorney,  Clerk  of   a  District  Court  and  Marshal  of  the  comtsand  Marshals, 
Confederate  States   shall,  until  otherwise   directed  by  law,  upon  the  l°.uiDg%m'.'in™ar- 
first  day  of  January  and  July  in  each  year,  commencing  with  the  first  'y.  to°the  Attorney 
day  of  July  next  or  within  thirty  days  from   and  after  the  days  speci- 
fied, make  to  the  Attorney  General,  in  such  form  as  he  shall  prescribe, 
a  return  in  writing,  embracing  all  the  fees  and  emoluments  of  their  re- 
spective offices  of  every  name  and  character,  distinguishing  the  fees 
and   emoluments  received  or  payable  under  the  Sequestration  Acts 
from   those  received  or  payable  for   any  other  service  ;  and   in  the 
case  of  a  Marshal  further  distinguishing  the  fees  and  emoluments  re- 
ceived or  payable  for  services  by  himself  personally  rendered  from 
those  received  or  payable  for  services  rendered  by  a  deputy  ;  and  also 
embracing  all  necessary  office  expenses  of  such  officers,  the  necessary 
clerk  hire  included,  to  be  verified   by  the  oath  of  the   officer  making 
the  same.     And  no  District  Attorney  shall  be  allowed  to  retain  of  the    Maximum  Compen- 

c  J  .  i        X'   L  •  -J      ni  r         }  ■  1  sation    allowed    Dis- 

lees  and  emoluments  of  his  said  ofnce,  for  his  own  personal  compen-  trict Attorneys, 
sation,  over  and  above  his  necessary  office  expenses,  the  necessary 
clerk  hire  included,  to  be  audited  and  allowed  by  the  proper  account- 
ing officers  of  the  Treasury,  a  sum  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars  per 
j'ear,  and  at  and  after  that  rate  for  such  time  as  he  shall  hold  the  of- 
fice; and  no  Clerk  of  a  District  Court  shall  be  allowed  to  retain  of  the  (,^^^^^  °^  District 
fees  and  emoluments  of  his  office  for  his  own  personal  compensation, 
over  and  above  the  necessary  expenses  of  his  office,  the  necessary 
clerk  hire  included,  to  be  audited  and  allowed  by  the  proper  officers  of 
the  Treasury  a  sum  exceeding  four  thousand  dollars  per  year,  or  at 
and  after  that  rate  for  such  time  as  he  shall  hold  his  office.  And  no 
Marshal  shall  be  allowed  to  retain  of  the  fees  and  emoluments  of  his  of-  ^^^  Mai-siiau. 
fice,  for  his  own  personal  compensation  over  and  above  a  proper  allow- 
ance to  his  deputies,  which  shall  in  no  case  exceed  three-fourths  of 
the  fees  and  emoluments  received  as  paj-able  for  the  services  rendered 
by  the  deputy  to  whom  this  allowance  is  made,  and  over  and  above 
the  necessary  office  expenses  of  such  Marshal,  necessary  clerk  hire 
included,  also  to  be  audited  and  allowed  by  the  proper  accounting 
officer  of  the  Treasury,  a  sura  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars  per  year, 
or  at  and  after  that  rate  for  such  time  as  he  shall  hold  office;  and  every 
such  officer  shall  with  each  such  return  made  by  him  pay  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  deposit  to  the  credit  of  the 
Treasurer  thereof,  any  surplus  of  the  fees  and  emoluments  of  his  office,  ,  ^"'''"'°J'?nt'^J^' 
■which  his  half-yearly  return  so  made  shall  show  to  exist  over  and  PuWic  Treasury. 


42  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess  I.    Ch.  50,  51,  52.     1862. 

above  the  compensation  and  allowances   herein  authorized  to  be  re- 
tained and  paid  by  him. 
Approved  April  19,  1862. 


April  19, 16C2.  Chap.  L. — An  Act  to  provide  for  tTie  appointment  of  Chaplaim  at  t?ie  Xaval  Hospitals. 


Chaplains  to  the       The   Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

ospi    s.       ^i^g  President  ma)',  in  his  discretion,  appoint  and  as?ign  to  the  Naval 

Hospitals  in  the  Confederate  States,  Chaplains,  for  service  during  the 

continuance  of  the   existing   u-ar,  who  shall  receive  the  same  pay  and 

^°'^'  emoluments  as  Chaplains  in  the  Army. 

Approved  Apiil  19,  1862. 


Aprill9, 1SG2.        CaAP.  LI. — An  Act  to  regulate  the  eollectit)n  of  iJie  War  Tax  in  certain,  States  invaded  iythi 
.  Mhiemy. 


Tax 
have 


1861,  Aug.  19.  The   Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  JImerica  do  enact,  That 

where   any   State  has  assumed,  or   shall  assume,  the  payment  of  the 
tax  imposed  by  the  act  entitled  an  act  to  authorize  the  issue  of  Trea- 
Payment  of  War  sury  Notes,  and  to  provide  a  War  Tax  for  their  redemption,  approved 
a^ssuined^  \hl  'he  nineteenth  day  of  August,  eighteen   hundred  and  sixty-one,  and 
payment  thereof,  sus-  gtiy  portion  of  such  State  shall  be  occupied  by  the  enemy,  so  as  to  oc- 

pended,  so  far  as  as-  ■  .■         j      ,         .-  r  '  /,,  •   ■  ,i_  c 

sessed  onproperyin  casioa  the   destruction   ot    crops,  or  prevent  the   raising   thereof,    or 
^fenfmy?™""*  "^  ^°  prevent  the  State  from  collecting  taxes  therein,  the  President  may, 
under  an  agreement  with  the  State  authorities  of  such  States,  suspend 
the  payment  into  the  Treasury  of  such  portions  of  the  tax  assumed  by 
such  State  as  may  have  been,  or  may  be,  assessed  upon  the  property 
of  the  inhabitants  of  such  districts  so  occupied  by  the   enemy,  until 
further  provision  be  made  by  Congress. 
CoiiecHon  of. ^^^      Sec.  2.  The  suspension  of  all  proceedings  in  relation  to  the  collec- 
Kentucky,   suspend-  tion  of  the  War  Tax  in  the   States  of  Missouri  and   Kentucky,  autho- 
*"*•  rized  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  is  confirmed,  and  he  is  hereby 

directed  to  take  no   action  thereon  until  further  legislation  by  Con- 
gress. 

Approved  April  19,  186-2. 


April  19, 1S62.  CnAP.  ISH.—An  Act  reg-ukding  tJie  ftes  of  CUi'lce  and  for  oilier  purposes. 


Clerks'  fees.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.   That 

all  laws  now  in  force  prescribing  the  fees  of  Clerks  of  the  Courts  of 
said  Confederate  States  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed,  and 
that  in  lieu  thereof  the  said  clerks  shall  be  allowed  to  have  and  charge 
as  follows,  to  wit : 

For  issuing  and  entering  every  process,  commission,  summons,  sub- 
pcEiia  in  chancery,  capias,  notice  or  garnishee  summons,-under  the  Se- 
questration Act,  warrant,  attachment,  or  other  writ,  except  a  sub- 
poena for  a  witness,  one  dollar:  Provided,  That  for  all  summons  of  gar- 
nishment arising  under  the  Sequestration  Acts,  the  clerk  shall  be  al- 
lowed only  twenty-five  cents. 

For  issuing  a  subpoena  for  a  witness,  or  witnesses  if  more  than  one 
be  named  in  the  same  subpoena,  twenty-five  cents. 

For  filing  and  entering  every  declaration,  plea,  or  demurrer,  wheth- 
er written  or  not,  or  other  written  paper  in  any  suit,  for  each,  ten 
cents. 


•       FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  52.     1862.  43 

For  administering  everj'  oath  or  affirmation  to  a  witness  or  other 
person,  except  a  juror,  ten  cents. 

For  entering  the  retura  on  any  process  when  proper  to  do  so,  fifteen 
cents. 

For  every  rule  entered  in  the  rule  book  on  one  rule  day,  twenty-five 
cents. 

For  any  order,  continuance,  judgment,  decree  or  recognizance,  draw- 
ing any  bond  or  making  any  record,  certificate  return  or  report,  for 
every  one  hundred  words  fifteen  cents,  or  a  specific  fee  of  forty  cents. 

For  a  copy  of  any  such  entry  or  record,  or  any  other  record  or  paper, 
for  every  one  hundred  words  ten  cents,  or  a  specific  fee  of  twenty 
cents. 

For  entering  in  any  suit  or  controversy  in  Court,  all  the  attorneys 
for  each  party,  or  the  appearance  in  proper  person  of  any  party  having 
no  attomey  who  appears,  ten  cents. 

For  making  dockets  and  indexes  and  for  other  services  for  which  no 
specific  fee  is  allowed  on  the  trial  or  argument  of  a  cause,  where  issue 
is  joined  and  testimony  given,  including  venire  and  taxing  costs,  three 
dollars. 

For  making  dockets  and  indexes  and  for  other  services  for  which  no 
specific  fee  is  allowed  in  a  cause  where  issue  is  joined  and  no  testimony 
given,  including  taxing  costs,  two  dollars. 

For  making  dockets  and  indexes,  and  for  taxing  costs  and  other  ser- 
vices, for  which  no  particular  fee  is  allowed  in  a  cause  which  is  dis- 
missed or  a  judgment  or  decree  is  rendered  therein  without  issue,  in- 
cluding taxing  costs,  one  dollar. 

For  affixing  the  seal  of  Court  to  any  instrument,  when  required,  or 
to  any  process  to  which  the  same  is  required  to  be  affixed  by  law,  twen- 
ty cents. 

For  every  search,  for  anything  above  a  year's  standing,  except  where 
such  search  is  for  papers  in  a  pending  cause,  twenty  cents. 

For  noting  in  the  process  book  any  decree,  order  or  process,  (except 
a  subjoena  for  a  witness,)  and  taking  a  receipt  therefor,  twenty  cents. 

For  recording  a  bond  or  other  writing  in  pursuance  of  an  order  of 
Court,  for  every  one  hundred  words,  fifteen  cents,  or  a  specific  fee  of 
one  dollar. 

Where  a  witness  claims  for  his  attendance,  for  administering  an  oath 
to  him,  a.id  entering  and  certifying  such  attendance,  forty  cents. 

For  administering  any  oath  not  before  provided  for,  and  writing  a 
certificate  thereof,  where  the  case  requires  one,  fifty  cents. 

For  receiving,  keeping  and  paying  out  money,  in  pursuance  of  the 
requirements  of  any  statute  or  order  of  Court,  one  per  cent,  on  the 
amount  so  received,  kept  and  paid. 

For  attendance  on  Court  when  the  same  is  actually  in  session,  for 
each  day  five  dollars. 

For  travelling  from  the  office  of  the  clerk,  where  he  is  required  by  Mileage, 

law  to  reside,  or  where  he  actually  does  reside,  to  the  place  of  holding 
any  court  required  to  be  held  by  law,  five  cents  per  mile  for  going  and 
the  same  for  returning. 

The  said  fees  shall  be  chargeable  to  the  party  at  whose  instance  the    To  whom  fees,  etc., 
service  is  performed,  except  that  fees  for   entering  and  certifying  the  *'^'"^'""'^'"*" 
attendance  of  witnesses,  and  the  proceedings  to  compel  payment  for 
such  attendance,  shall  be  charged  to  the  party  for  whom   the  witness 
attended,  and  the  per  diem,  mileage  and    other  service  performed   for 
the  Government  of  the  Confederate  States,  shall  be  paid  by  said  Gov- 
ernment.    All  fees  which  may  accrue  to  the  clerk  under  the  Seques-    Fees  under  seques- 
tration Act,  or  any  act  amendatory  thereof,  by  law  chargeable  on  said  '■■ation  Act,  how  paid. 


44  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  53.     1862. 

fund,  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  general  sequestered  fund  in  the  hands 
of  any  receiver,  or  under  the  control  of  the  Court,  when  an  order 
shall  be  made  directing  such  payment,  and  the  Court  is  authorized  to 
make  such  order  at  its  discretion.  No  person  shall  be  connpelled  to 
Pee  bills,  how  made  pay  any  fees  before  mentioned  until  a  fee  bill  be  produced  to  him, 
*"  ■  signed  by  the  clerk  to  whom  they  are  due,  expressing  the  particulars 

for  which  such  fees  are  charged;  and  the  said  fee  bills  made  out  and 
To  whom  fee  bills  signed  as  aforesaid,  the  clerk  may  deliver  to  the  marshal  or  to  a  sheriff 
lection;  power  and  of  the  State  where   the  party  resides,  who  shall  collect  the  same,  de- 
duty  of  coUecting  of-  ducting  a  commission  often  per  cent,  for  such  collection,  and  the  mar- 
shal or  sheriff  may  distrain   therefor  such  property  of  the  person  to 
whom  the  fees  are  charged  as  might  be  levied  on  under  a  writ  of  fieri 
facias  issued  from  a  State   court  of  the  said  respective  Confederate 
States;  and  the  District   Courts  of  the   Confederate   States  shall,  on 
How  fee  bill  may  motion,  and  for  good  cause  shown,  quash  any  such  fee  bill  and  prevent 
^  ''"^^  '  ■  the  collection  thereof,  or  of  so  much  thereof  as  appears  to  be  illegal 

and  not  justly  due.     No  clerk  shall   be  obliged  to  perform  services  for 
a  non-resident  of  the  district  for  which  he  is  clerk,  unless  payment  of 
When  clerk  !s  en-  his  fees  for  said  services  be  secured,  nor  to  perform  services  for  any 
ing'^servi'ces'to'haTC  person  against  whom  he  has  had  a  fee  bill  returned,  and  which  remains 
security  for  his  fees.  Unsatisfied,  unless  he  be  secured  payment  of  his  fees  for  the  services 
desired,  or  performance  of  said  services  be  directed  by  the  court. 
Record  books  and      Sec.    2.    And   the    CoTisrress  of  the   Confederate    States    do   further 
enact,    That  all   necessary  record  books  and   stationery  shall  be  fur- 
nished the  said  clerks  at  the  cost  of  the  Government,  and   that  the 
accounts  for  the  same  be  paid  on  the  certificate  of  the  Judge  of  the  re- 
spective District  Courts,  that  in  his  opinion  such  accounts  are  just  and 
reasonable. 
Appointmentof      Sec.    3.    And   the    Co-iigress  of  the   Confederate   States    do  further 
frircouu""  ""^  °''"  ^'^'"^^'  That  any  Clerk  of  any  District  Court  of  said  Confederate  States 
may,  with  the  consent  of  such  (^ourt,  or  with  the  consent  in  writing  of 
the  Judge  thereof,  in  vacation,   appoint  a  deputy,  who  shall  take  the 
Oath.  same  oaths  such  clerk  is  required  to  take,  and  who,  during  his  continu- 

Duties.  ance  in  office,  may  discharge  any  of  the  duties  of  the  clerk,  and  he 

Removal  from  of  may  be  removed  from  office  either  bv  the  Clerk  or  the  Court. 
'°'-  Approved  April  19,  1862. 


April  19, 1862.       Chap.  Lin. — An  Act  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  officers  of  tJie   Virginia  MiUtiafor  services 
rendered. 


Payment  of  officers       The   Cousress  of  the  Confederate   States  of  Jimenca  do  enact.  That 

of  the  Virginia  Militia     i,      /t-  i         "^  •      ■  2      m  ■•  .1       ir-      •    •      ht-tj-  1 

for  services  rendered  all  otticers  and  non-commissioncd  ofncers  01  the  Virginia  Militia,  who 
states""''^'''''^''''^  ^^^^ '^^^'^  called  into  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  by  the 
order  of  any  commanding  officer  of 'the  Confederate  States  Army, 
authorized  to  make  such  call,  or  by  the  proclamation  of  the  Governor 
of  Virginia,  in  obedience  to  requisitions  duly  made  upon  him  by  the 
President,  shall  be  allowed,  under  the  direction  of  the  Quartermaster 
General,  compensation  for  the  period  of  their  actual  service,  according 
to  the  rate  of  pay  and  allowances,  to  which  officers  and  non-commis- 
sioned officers  of  corresponding  grades,  in  the  Confederate  States 
Army,  are  by  law  entitled.  ■ 
Offlcers  to  produce      Sec.  2.  Before  any  officer  of  militia  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  pay 

certiacates  showing         j        ,,  ■    •  r  ii,  j-  i-  1,        u    11  »  i     iU 

period  of  service.  Under  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section,  he  shall  present  to  the 
proper  officer  to  whom  he  may  apply  for  payment,  a  certificate  signed 
by  the  commandant  of  the  brigade,  regiment  or  battalion  of  militia  to 
which  he  may  have  been  attached,  and  approved  by  the  Commanding 


FIEST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  54,  55,  56.     1862.  45 

General  of  the  army,  corps  or  department,  with  which  such  brigade, 
regiment  or  battalion  was  serving,  which  certificate  shall  t;tate  the  pre- 
cise period  during  which  such  officer  was  actually  in  service  and  per- 
formed duty  according  to  his  rank,  not  including  in  such  period  what- 
ever time  such  officer  was  absent  from  duty  with  his  command,  unless 
absent  on  furlough,  or  detached  or  detailed  service,  by  order  of  the 
Commanding  officer.  Non-commissioned  officers  shall  be  required  to 
present  like  certificates,  sign-ed  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regi- 
mMit  or  battalion  to  which  they  belong,  before  being  entitled  to  receive 
their  pay. 

Sec.  3.  AH  staff  officers  of  the  Virginia  militia  duly  appointed  and  Payor  stair  office™ 
qualified,  according  to  the  laws  of  Virginia,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  on  like  cenm^ates.' 
the  same  pay  and  allowances  as  are  provided  by  law  for  officers  of  cor- 
responding grades  in  the  Confederate  States  Army,  upon  a  like  certifi- 
cate that  they  have  actually  been  in  service  and  performed  the  duties 
prescribed  for  their  respective  grades  by  the  laws  of  Virginia,  and  the 
laws  and  army  regulations  of  the  Confederate  States. 

Sec.  4.  No  payments  under  this  act  shall  be  allowed  for  any  period    No  payments  to  be 
subsequent  to  the  thirtieth  day  of  J\Iarch,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-  ",bsec^,'„rto  Market 
two,  nor  shall  any  junior   Major  of  a   regiment  to   which  two  Majors  so,  1882. 
may  be  attached,  nor  any  Paymaster  or  Surgeon's  mate  be  deemed  to    junior  Major, ray- 
be  entitled  to  pay  or  allowances  under  the  provisions  of  this  act.  master  or  Surgton's 

»  »       -1  in     iorT>  ^^^"^  '°  receive   no 

Approved  April  19,  lob^.  pay. 


Chap.  LIT. — An  Act  to  increase  the  clerical  force  of  the  Quartermaster  GeneraVs  Bureau,  April  19  1862. 


The   Cotigress  of  the   Confederate  States   of  America  do  enact,  That    Additional  cieriM 


authorized  in  the  Bu- 
reau of  the   Quarter- 


the    Secretary  of  War  be,  and    he     is   hereby,    authorized   to   appoint 

eight  additional  clerks  in  the  Bureau  of  the  Quartermaster  General,  at  maslw  General!' 

the  following  rates  of  compensation,  to  wit :  two  at  the  rate  of  fifteen      compensation. 

hundred  dollars  per  annum ;  two  at  the  rate  of  twelve  hundred  dollars 

per  annum;  and  four  at  the  rate  of  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum  : 

Provided,  that  no  person  now  by  law  subject  to  military  duty  shall  be 

appointed. 

Approved  April  19,  1862. 


Proviso. 


Chap.  LV. — An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled   "  An  Act  to  increase  the  corps  of  Artillery,  and 

for  other  purposes,^^  approaed  August  2\si,l%(j\,  April  19, 1862. 


1861,  Aug.  21. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  Slates  of  America  do  enact.  That 
section  third  of  an  act  entitled  "An  Act  to  increase  the  corps  of  Ar- 
tillery and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  August  21st,  1861,  be  so 
amended  as  to  authorize  the  President  to  increase  the  salaries  of  mas- 
ter armorers  or  any  of  them  to  a  sum  not  exceeding  two  thousand  dol-  crea'sTsTianTs  of 

lars  per  annum.  master  armorers. 

Approved  A\m\  19,  1862. 


Cbap.  LVI. — An  Act  to  amend  the  several  Acts  in  relation  to  the  pay  of  Chaplains  in  the        April  19, 1869. 

Army,  


The   Congress  of  the  Confederate  Slates  of  America  do  enact,  That    Pay  of  Ohapuina. 
hereafter  the  pay  of  Chaplains  in  the  army  shall  be  eighty  dollars  per 
month,  wi;h  rations  as  now  provided  by  law. 

Approved  April  19,  1862. 


46  FIRST  CONGRESS.    Sess.  I.    Ch.  57,  58,  59,  60.    1862. 

ipril  19, 1SC3.  Chap.  LVII. — An  Act  to  recognize  t/ie  organisation  of  certain  military  companies. 

Companies  with  less       The  Consress  of  the  Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

than     the    minimum  -ii  \,  l    c  •  u  ■  tL'^i  ■• 

number,   already  in  'n  all  Cases  heretotore  occurring  where  companies  not  having  the  mini- 
the   service,  recog-  mum  number  of  men  necessary  to  form  a  company  as  required  by  ex- 

nized  as  if  duly  or-  ...  ,  ,  .^,.  -i-ii  i 

ganued.  isting  laws,  nave  been  organized  into  companies  which  have  entered 

into  the  service  by  order  of  a  Commanding  General  or  been  received 

by  such  officer  into  the  service,  in  all  such  cases  the  Secretary  of  War 

is  hereby  authorized   and  required  to  recognize   said  companies   a^  if 

Eankoftheofficsrs.  duly  Organized  under  existing  laws,  and  the  officers  of  said  companies 

are  hereby  declared  as  entitled  to  the  same  rank  to  which  they  would 

Pay  and  rations.     Jjave  been  entitled  if  the  companies  had  been  duly  organized  ;  and  the 

officers  and  men  thereof  shall  be  entitled  to  draw  their  pay  and  rations 

as^f  they  had  been  duly  authorized  under  existing  laws. 

Approved  April  19,  18G2. 


April  19, 1862.        Chap.  LTT''T. — An  Act  fo  prohilit  the  transportation  and  sale  of  certain  articles  in  any  port  or 

place  within  tlie  Confederate  States,  in  the  possession  of  the  enemy,  anfl  to  prohibit  the  sale, 

barter  or  exchange  of  certain  at  tides  ilierein  named,  to  alien  or  domestic  enemies. 

Unlawful  to  trans-       The  ConTress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

port  to,  or  to   sell   in  ..      .      ,.   ,       '^     ,         ,.'^  ,   ;-  *'  -jl         l        i-  ir  l-  l 

anyport  of  the  0.  s.  it  shall  be  unlawtiil  lor  an}'  person,  either  by  himself  or  his  agent,  or 

in  possession  of  the  [p  j^^y  manner  whatever,  to  transport  to  any  port  or  place  in  the  Con- 
enemy,  cotton,  tobac-  ^    ,     '^        ^  i-i  ,         ••         , 

CO,  &o.  federate  states,  which   may  be  at  the  time  in  the   possession  of  the 

enemy,  or  to  sell  therein,  any  cotton,   tobacco,  sugar,   rice,    molasses, 
syrup  or  naval  stores. 
Penalty.  gj,|,_  g.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  provisions  of  the  Act  enti- 

tled "An  Act  to  prohibit  the  exportation  of  cotton  from  the  Confede- 
rate States,  except  through  the  sea-ports  of  the  said  States,  andtopun- 
1S61, May2i.  jg|j  persons  offending  therein,"  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  extended  to 
any  person  or  persons  violating  the  foregoing  section  of  this  Act,  and, 
in  addition  to  such  punishment,  the  part}'  or  parties  offending  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  the  Confederate  States  the  value  of  the  article  sold  or  trans- 
ported. ' 
Approved  April  19,  1S62. 


April  19,  1862.        Ch.ip.  LIX. — An  Act  maiing  Atigmtn,  Georgia,  a  port  of  delivery  for  goods  imported  iitto 
Charleston,  South  Curollyia. 


citT   of  Augusta,       The   Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That 

?f'deUve.Tforg?ods  f'-om  and  after  the  passage   of  this  act,  the   city  of  Augusta,    Georgia, 

imported    into  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  made  a  port  of  delivery  lor  goods  imported 

into  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  upon  the  same  terms   and  conditions, 

and  in  like  manner,  in  every  respect,  as  it  has   been  heretofore  and  Is 

now  a  port  of  delivery  for  goods  imported  into  Savannah,  Georgia:  and 

the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  required   to  make   such    rules 

'  _      and  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  into  effect  the  true  intent 

and  meaning  of  this  act. 

Approved  April  19,  1S62. 


April  19, 1852.        CniP.  LX. — An  Act  cteclaring  the  o^icer  wJio  shall  act  as  President  in  case  of  vacancies  in  Vie 
— —  q^cesho'tk  of  President  and  Vice  President. 


wiiotoactasPres-       The  Cojigress  of  the   Confederate    Slates  of  America  do  enact,  That 
canc'iesV'tife  offices  '1  casB  of  removal  from  office,  death  or  resignation   both  of  the  Prosi- 


EIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  61,  62.     1862.  47 

dent  and  Vice  President  of  tlie  Confederate  States,  or  of  the  inability  jroth  of  President  and 

V  ICQ    IrrGSiudlt 

of  both  to  discharge  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  office  of  President, 
then  the  President  of  the  Senate,  pro  tempore,  and  in  case  there  shall 
be  no  President  of  the  Senate,  then  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives, for  the  time  being,  shall  act  as  President  of  the  Confede- 
rate States,  until  the  disability  be  removed,  or  a  President  shall  be  elected 
and  inaugurated. 

Approved  April  19,  1862. 


-An  Act  to  authorize  the  excliange  of  "bonds  far  articles  in  hind,  and  the  sJdpyrteiitt       April  31,  186- 
sale,  or  hypotheca  ion  ofsuoh  articles.  . 


The  Consrress  of  ihe   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That    Exchange  of  bonds 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized   to  ex-  Zvmt  '""''"="* 
change  the  bonds  or  stock  of  the  Confederate  States  for  any  articles 
in  kind,  which  may  be  required  for  the  use  of  the  Government,  the 
said  articles  to  be  valued  according  to  such  regulations  as  the  said  Sec-     Articles  to  be  vai- 
retary  shall  make.  "'"^• 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Commissary  and  Quartermaster 
Generals  to  direct  their  various  officers  lo  receive,  at  the  place  of  pur-     Receipt  of  articles 
chase,  all  such  articles  purchased  as  are  applicable  to  their  several  De-  cL'se^- tow  to°be^ap^ 
partments,  and  to  apply  the  same  in  the  same  manner  as  if  purchased  pii<^<i- 
directly  by  themselves;  and  the  officer  to  whom  each  article  is  deliv-    ■PJ^""^'','*''^'* 
ered  shall  be  charged  with  the  value  as  declared  by  the  purchase,  and 
shall  be  bound  to  account  for  the  same. 

Sec.  3.  The  said  Secretary  is  also  authorized  to  accept  for  the  use  of    Exchange  of  bond* 
the  Government  in  exchange  for  the  said  bonds  or  stock,  cotton,  tobac-  tobacco,  etc.,  sub- 
00,  and  other  agricultural  products  in  kind,  which  have  been  subscribed  l^ce^Loan  "'^  ^"'° 
to  the  Produce  Loan,  or  which  may  be  subscribed  in  kind  at  such  rates 
as  may  be  adjusted  between  the  parties  and  the  agents  of  the  Govern- 
ment :  Provided,  That  in  no  event  shall  he  receive  of  cotton  or  tobac-         Proviso. 
CO,  a  greater  value  than   thirty-five   millions  of  dollars;  and  the  said 
Secretary   is  further  authorized  to  deposit  the  same  at  such  places  as    Power  given  Secre- 
he  shall  deem  proper,  and  to  procure  advances  thereon  by  hypotheca-  |,Te^ frtWM'midvS 
tion,  or  to  ship  the  same  abroad,  or  to  sell  the  same  at  home  or  abroad,  m  exchange. 
as  he  may  deem  best;  and,  to  assist  these  operations,  the  said  Secreta- 
ry may  issue  Produce  Certificates,  which  shall  entitle  the  party  to  whom    May  issue  Produce 
issued,  or  his  endorsee,  to  receive  the  produce  therein  set  forth,  and  to  Cer^''fl'=ii'e3 ;  their  et- 
ship  the  same  to  any  neutral  port,  in  conformity  with  the  laws  of  the 
Confederate  States. 

Sec.  4.  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may,  from  time  to  time,  ap-    May  appoint  an* 

..jj..  1.  1  J  '-ii  •    L     dismiss  agents. 

point  and  dismiss  such  agents  as  he  may  deem  requisite  to  carry  into 
effect  the  provisions  of  this  act.     Their  compensation  shall  be  a  broker-    Compensation  of 
age  upon  the  business  completed  by  them  at  such  rates  as  the  Secreta- 
ry of  the  Treasury  shall  adjust  by  general  regulation. 

Sec    5.  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  mav,  from  time  to  time,  is-    Regulations  to  car- 

1    ,-  j7  ■  t     II  iL      J    J.    m"    ■         I       J  ■      ii  •    ry  out  the  detaiils  of 

sue  regulations    tor  carrying   out  all  the  details  involved  in  the  provi-  this  act. 

ions  of  this  act,  which  shall  be  obligatory  upon  all  parties  concerned 

therein. 

Approved  April  21,  1S62. 


s 


Chaf.LXTT. — An  Act  topwrmh  drunkermms  in  ihe  Army^  April  21, 1862. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That  Punishment  for 
any  commissioned  officer  of  the  Regular  or  Provisional  Army  who  m'issioned''offi'cers"io 
shall  be  found  drunk,  either  while  on  or  off  duty,  shall,  on  conviction  ""^  a-™?. 


48  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  63,  64.      1862. 

thereof  before  a  court  of  inquiry,  be  cashiered  or  suspended  from  the 
service  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  be  publicly  reprimanded,  according 
to  the  aggravation  of  the  oflence,  and  in  addition  to  a  sentence  cash- 
iering any  such  officer,  he  may  also  be  declared  incapable  of  holding 
any  military  office  under  the  Confederate  States  during  the  war. 
Duly  ot  all  officers      Sec.  2    That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  officers  to  report  to  the  com- 
ii^reSr""^  ^''''°''' manding  officer  of  the  post,  regiment  or  corps  to  which  they  belong, 
all  cases  coming  under  their  observation  of  intoxication  of  commis- 
sioned officers,  whether  of  superior  or  inferior  grades  to  themselves; 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  division  or 
brigade  to  which  said  po;t,  regiment  or  corps    belongs,  to   whom   such 
report  may  be  made,  to  report  the  same  to  the  officer  commanding  the 
Court  for  the  trial  brigade  Or  division,  who  shall  organize  said  court  and  order  the  trial  of 
of  offenders.  sgij  offender  at  the  earliest  time  consistent  with  the  public  service. 

Rndings  of  the      Sec.  3.  The  findings  of  any  such  court  shall  be  promptly  transmit- 
^"^'^^  ted  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  by  the  commanding  officer,  together  with 

his  approval  or  disapproval  thereof,  and  shall  be  reported  to  Congress 
at  the  next  session  thereafter,  by  the  said  Secretary. 
Approved  April  21,  1862. 


A    "1  21  18fi9  CHip.  LSIIT. — An  Act  to  organize  ban^s  of  Partisan  Eangera. 


Bamis  of  Partisan       '^^^^  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  ■America  do  enact,  That  the 
Eangers.  President  be  and   he  is  hereby  authorized  to  commission  such  officers 

as  he  may  deem  proper  with  authority  to  form  bands  of  Partisan  Rangers, 
in  companies,  battalions  or  regiments,  either  as  infantry  or  cavalry, 
the  companies,  battalions  or  regiments  to  be  composed  each  of  such 
numbers  as  the  President  may  approve. 
Pay,  rations  and  ^'^*^-  "'^'  ^^  '^  further  enacted,  That  such  Partisan  Rangers,  after 
qoarieTB.  being  regularly  received  into  service,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same  pay, 

rations  and  quarters  during  their  term  of  service,  and 'be  subject  to  the 
same  regulations  as  other  soldiers. 
The  Rangers  en-      ^^'^-  ^-  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  for  any  arms  and   munitions  of 
titled  to  full  value  of -war  captured  from   the   enemy  by  any  body  of  Partisan  Rangers  and 
tured,""''  "^■' '^"'^  delivered  to   any   Quartermaster  at  such  place   or  places  as  may  be 
designated  by  a  Commanding  General,  the  Rangers  shall  be  paid  their 
full  value  in  such  manner  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  prescribe. 
Approved  April  21,  1862. 


iprll  21,  1862.  CHip.  I,  xrr.— j1  BiU  {An  Act]  for  the  enJistment  of  Cooks  in  tTie  Army. 


EnBstment  of  Cooks      The  Cougress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

in  the  Army.  hereafter  it  shall  be  duty  of  the  Captain  or  Commanding  Officer  of  his 

Their  duties.       company  to  enlist  four  Cooks  for  the  use  of  his  company,  whose   duty 

it  shall  be  to  cook  for  such  company — taking  charge  of  the  supplies, 

utensils   and   other    things  furnished  therefor,    and   safely  keep  the 

'  same,  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as   may  be   prescribed  by 

the   War  Department  or  the  Colonel  of  the  Regiment  to  which  such 

company  may  be  attached  : 

May  be  white  or      [Sec.  2.]  Be  it  further   enacted,   That  the   Cooks  so  directed  to  be 

pejEo'ns."'^  "'  ^''^'^  enlisted,  may  be  white  or  black,  free  or  slave  persons:    Provided,  how- 

ProTiso.  ever.   That  no  slave  shall  be  so  enlisted,  without  the  written  consent  of 

his  owner.     And  such  Cooks  shall  be   enlisted   as  such  only,  and  put 

on  the  inuster-roll  and  paid  at  the  time  and  place  the  company  may  or 

shall  be  paid  off,  twenty  dollars  per  month  to  the  Chief  or  Head  Cook, 


FIRST  CONGRESS.  Sess.  I.  Ch.  65,  66,  67.  1862.  i9 

and  fifteen  dollars  per  month  for  each  of  the  Assistant  Cooks,  together    p^J"  »""'  '"o"" 
with  the  same  allowance  for  clothing,  or  the  same  commutation  there- 
for that  may  be  allowed  to  the  rank  and  file  of  the  company. 
Approved  April  21,  1862. 


Chap.  LXV. — An  Act  to  increase  the  corps  of  Engineers  of  the  Provisional  Army,  April  21, 1862. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That    Appomtmcntofad- 

»l       Ti        -J       1  i_  1  1       ■     1  1  .1       -        1    i  •    i         -.1    Ii  J     ait'onal  officers  in  (he 

the  ir'resident  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  with  the  ad-  Enginetr  Oorpa  of 
vice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  an  additional  number  of  ofiicers  in  the  ^""sionai  Army. 
Engineer  Corps  of  the   Provisional  Army,  of  a  rank   not  higher  than  Bank. 

Captix\a:  Provided,  That  the  whole  Corps  shall  not  exceed  one  hun-  Number. 

dred. 
Approved  April  21,  1862. 


Chap.  LXVT — An  Act  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  officers  of  Artillery  inthe  Provisional       April  21,  1362. 

Army.  

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That    Appointment  of 
for  the  purpose  of  enlarging  the   number  of  ofiicers  of  Artillery,  and  the  Prorisionai 
enabling  them  to  discharge  more   efTectuall}^  the  duties  of  Ordnance  •'■''"y- 
ofiicers,  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint,  with  the  advice 
and  consent  of  the  Senate,  officers  of  Artillery,  of  the  rank  of  Captain  "'*"''■ 

and  First  Lieutenant,  in   the  Provisional  Army,  not  exceeding  eighty         Number. 
in  number. 

Approved  April  21,  1862. 


Chap.  LXVIL — An  Act  regvlating  the  compensation  of  deputy  Post  Masters.  April  21,  \35-i. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  ^J^ T^'j ^'°p^ *"°''" 
from  and  after  the  first  day  of  July  next,  the  Deputy  Post  Masters  of  ters. 
the  Confederate  States  be  allowed  the  following  commissiocs  and  none 
other  for  their  compensation,  respectively,  viz:  On  any  sum  not  exceed- 
ing one  hundred  dollars,  fifty  per  cent.,  except  such  Deputy  Post  Mas- 
ters as  regularly  receive  the  mail  at  their  offices  between  the  hours  of 
nine  o'clock  at  night  and  five  o'clock  in  the  morning,  who  shall  be  en- 
titled to  sixty  per  cent.,  on  the  amount  received  as  postage  under  one- 
hundred  dollars.  On  all  sums  over  one  hundred  dollars  received  as 
postage,  and  not  exceeding  four  hundred  dollars,  forty  per  cent.  On  all' 
sums  so  received,  over  four  hundred  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  twen- 
ty-four hundred  dollars,  thirty  per  cent.,  and  on  all  sums  over  twenty- 
four  hundred  dollars,  ten  per  cent.  Deputy  Post  Masters  at  distribu- 
ting offices  shall  receive  eight  per  cent,  commission  on  the  amount  of 
postage  on  letters  and  packages  received  at  such  distributing  offices, 
respectively,  for  distribution  ;  which  said  several  commissions  shall  be 
allowed  quarterly  and  in  due  proportion  for  any  period  less  than  a  quar- 
ter, but  these  commissions  shall  in  no  case  exceed  the  maximum  com- 
pensation now  allowed  by  law. 

Approved  April  21,  1862. 
4 


50  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  68,  69,  70.     1862. 

April  5t\  4669.        Chap.  LXVIII. — An.  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  organizatioii  of 
the^Navy,  approved  March  If^yl^^l^  and  for  oUierpui'poaes.^^ 


i65i,»iavchio.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  Thai 

the  grades  of  the  commissioned  officers  of  the  Navy  of  the  Gonfede- 

m,s'^.ed°offioeraTf ''^'"^  States  shall  hereafter  boas  follows,  to  wit:  four  Admirals,  tea 

uieNavj.  Captains,   thirty-one  Commanders,  one   hundred    First    Lieutenants, 

twenty-five  Second  Lieutenants,  twenty  Masters  in  line  of  promotion, 

twelve  Paymasters,  forty  Assistant  Paymasters,  tv^'enty-two  Surgeons, 

fifteen  Past  Assistant  Surgeons,  thirty  Assistant   Surgeons,  one  Engi- 

neer-in-Chief  and  twelve  Engineers. 

■oeaMri.  apriointed      Sec.  2.  All  the  Admirals,   four  of  the   Captains,  five  of  the  Com- 

omy   for    gallant  or  -,',_.  ^   n  r     i 

muritorioua  conduct,  mandei's,  tweuty-two  of  the  First  Lieutenants,  and  five  of  the  Second 
Lieutenants,  shall  be  appointed  solely  for  gallant  or  meritorious  conduct 
Appointments;  how  during  the  war.     The  appointments  shall  be  made  from  the  grade  im- 
(■errbetobespeoi-  mediately  below  the  one  to  be  filled  and  without  reference  to  the  rank 
ged^in  the  comm]s-  g|-  jjjg  QfjjQgf  jj,  guch  grade,   and  the   service  for  which  the  appoint- 
PiofiOT,  ment  .shall  be  conferred  shall  be  specified  in  the  commission:  Provided, 

That  all  officers  below  the;  grade  of  Second  Lieutenant  may  be  promo- 
ted more  than  one  grade  for  the  same  service. 
wan-iut  ofscera.         Sec.  3.  The  Warrant  Officers  shall  be  as  follows  :    twenty  Passed 
Midshipmen,  one  hundred  and  six  Acting  Midshipmen,  fifty  First  As- 
sistant Engineers,  one  hundred  and  fifty  Second  Assistant  Engineers, 
one  hundred   and  fifty  Third   Assistant   Engineers,    ten  Boatswains, 
twenty  Gunners,  six  Sail  Makers  and  twenty  Carpenters. 
f.Tj  or  the  adiji-      Seq.  4.  Xhe  annual  pay  of  the  additional  grades  created  by  this  act 
shall  be  as  follows  :  Admirals,  six  thousand  dollars;  Second  Lieutenant, 
for  service  afloat,  twelve  hundred  dollars;  when  on  leave  or  other  duty, 
one  thousand  dollars;  Master  in  the  line  of  promotion,   one  thousand 
dollars  for  service  afloat ;  when  on   leave  or  other  duty,  nine  hundred 
dollars;  Past  Midshipmen,  nine  hundred  dollars  for  services  afloat;  when 
on  leave  or  other  duty,  eight  hundred  dollars. 
p»^mLter9  *"'"■''"'      Sec.  5.  The  annual  pay  of  Assistant  Paymasters  shall  hereafter  b& 
when  on  service  afloat,  twelve  hundred  dollars  ;  on  other  duty,  eleven 
hundred  dollars. 

Approved  April  21,  1862. 


Apdl  21, 1863.        Chap.  LXIX. — An  Act  mfiking^  appropriations  to  carry  into  effect  ^^An  Act  ^ihorizing  ih«  ea»- 
change  of  bonds  for  articles  vn  Hnd^  and  the  shipvieni,  sale  or  hypotlieeation  of  svch  articles.^ 

ca^^DtTeff^rthe       ^ke  Cougress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
net  enMiorizing  the  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  into  effect  an  act  authorizing  the  exchange 
toVariicfes  in°kind'  of  Bonds  for  articles  in  kind,  and  the  shipment,  sale,  or  hypothecation 
of  such  articles,  the  sum  of  two  millions  of  dollars  is  hereby  appro- 
priated. 

Approved  April  21,  186'2. 


April  21,  186?.      Chap.  LSX. — An  Act  to  increase  thefaciliMes  of  importing  goods,  wares  and  merchandize  int9 
' ■  the  ports  of  the  Confederate  States. 

Vfsaeismny  unload       The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That 

alrl o?\hTcoa.3t^'^^  it  shall  be  lawful  for  vessels  to  unload  their  cargoes  on  any  part  of  the 

coast  of  the  Confederate   States,  and  that  the  laws  requiring   entry  of 

vessels  or  discharge  of  their  cargoes  at  designated  ports,  and  prescri- 

Lawa  6.L=pend9:i     V|j,^g  penalties  for  failure  to  do  so,  shall  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby, 

suspended. 

Approved  April  21,  1862. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  71,  72,  73,  74.     1862.  51 

Cbap.  LXXT. — ^5ii  Jict  to  amend  ^n  .3cf  entitled  "  .^ti  ^ct  to  atneitd  ^n  Act  recognizing  the  exis-         April  21, 1B62. 

tcnce  of  ivar  between  the  United  States  and  the  Confederate  States,  and  concerning  letters  of  Marque,  — 

prises  and  prize  goods,'^  approved  May  21i£,  1861. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That    Act  ot  )S8i,  waj 
the  first  section  of  the  above  entitled  Act  be  so  amended,  that,  in  case     '     ' 
any  person  or  persons  shall  invent  or  construct  any  new  machine  or  ^(^^"'tors^rm'cMnM 
engine,  or  contrive  any  new  method  for  destroying  the  armed  vessels  for  desirojing  tfie 
of  the  enemy,  he  or  they  shall  receive  fifty  per  centum  of  the   value  enemy r'thrfr^oir^ 
of  each  and   every  such  vessel  that  may  be   sunk  or  destroyed,   by  piinsation. 
means  of  such  invention   or  contrivance,   including  the  value  of  the 
armament  thereof,  in  lieu  of  twenty  per  centum,  as  provided   by  said 
Act. 

Approved  April  21,  1862. 


Chap.  LXXn. — An  Act  to  Oi-ganise  Battalions  of  Sharp  Shooters.  April  21,  ]8^. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That    Battaiiona  of  sharp 
the  Secretary  of  War  may  cause  to  be  organized  a  battalion  of  sharp 
shooters  for  each  brigade,  consisting  of  not  less  tlian  three  nor  more 
than  six  companies,  to  be  composed  of  men  selected  from   the  brigade 
or  otherwise,  and  armed  with  long  range  muskets  or  rifles,  said  compa-    How  to  be  armed. 
nies  to  be  organized,  and  the  commissioned  officers  therefor  appointed     Commissioned   of- 
by  the  President,  by  and  with  the   advice,  and  consent  of  the  Senate.  fhrpreBident"^      ^ 
Such  battalion  shall  constitute  parts  of'the  brigades  to  which  they  be- 
long, and  shall  have  such  field   and  staff  officers  as  are  authorized   by     aiso  ficidami  sina 
law  for  similar  battalions,  to  be  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  with  "^^'^^^'^ 
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate. 

Sec.  2.  Beit  further  enacted,  That  for  the  purpose   of  arming  the  ,  May  be  armed  witb 

.  T   .  1.  ,1  1  1       •/!  •  I         ,  t  .     I       long  range  muskets, 

said  battalion,  the  long  range  muskets   and  rifles   in   the  hands  oi  the  etc.,  in  the  hands  oj 
tioops,  may  be  taken  for  that  purpose:  Provided,  the  Government  has  """'"'pjovIbo. 
not  at  its  command  a  sufficient  number  of  approved  long  range  rifles  or 
muskets,  wherewith  to  arm  said  corps. 
Approved  April  21,  1832. 


Obaf.  LXXtll. — An  Act  supplementary  io  An  Ad,  further  to  provide  for  the  Puhlic  Defence,       April  21,  1863, 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  President  aatho- 
the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  to  accept  the  services  of  ™,.'^,jce3°  of^Mmpa* 
any  companies,  squadrons,  battalions  or  regiments  which  have  been  or-  nies,  etc.,  now  in  ser- 

■       J        J         '     ^        ■  ■  J        it,  ,L      •»         c  fiL      oi    1        ■"='=  ""'''='  stale  aa- 

ganized  and  are  now  in  service  under  the  authority  ot  any  oi  the  otates  thoriry. 
of  the  Confederacy,  and  which  may  be  tendered  by  the   Governors  of 
said  States,  witb  an  organization  conforming  to  the  Act  of  March  Sixth,    iSGi,  March  ». 
A.  D.  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  "  to  provide  for  the  public  de- 
fence." 
Approved  April  21,  1862. 


<^BAP.  LXXIV. — .5n  ,3ct  to  exempt  certain  persons  from  enrollment  for  service  in  the  *^rmies  of  the        April  21,  lf-62. 

Confederate  States. , _ 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  Persona  «xempt«ii 
all  persons  who  shall  be  held  to  be  unfit  for  military  services  under  ^""""""^  =*'""■ 
rules  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War;  all  in  the  service  or 
employ  of  the  Confederate  States  ;  all  judicial  and  executive  officers  of 
Confederate  or  State  Governments ;  the  members  of  both  Houses 
of  the  Congress  and  of  the  Legislatures  of  the  several  States 
and  their  respective  officers  ;  all  clerks  of  the  officers  of  the  State  and 
Confederate    Governments    allowed    by    law ;  all    engaged    in  car- 


53  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  75.     1862. 

rying  the  mails ;  all  ferrymea  on  post  routes  ;  all  pilots  and  persons 
engaged  in  the  marine  service  and  in.  actual  service  on  river  and  rail- 
road routes  of  transportation ;  telegraphic  operators,  and  ministers  of 
religion  in  the  regular  discharge  of  ministerial  duties ;  all  engaged  in 
working  iron  mines,  furnaces  and  foundries  ;  all  journeymen  printers 
actually  employed  in  printing  newspapers ;  all  presidents  and  profes- 
sors of  colleges  and  academies,  and  all  teachers  having  as  many  as 
twenty  scholars ;  superintendents  of  the  public  hospitals,  lunatic  asy- 
lums and  the  regular  nurses  and  attendants  therein,  and  the  teachers 
employed  in  the  institution  for  the  deaf  and  dumb,  and  blind  ;  in  each 
apothecary  store  now  established  and  doing  business,  one  apothecary 
in  good  standing  who  is  a  practical  druggist ;  superintendents  and  ope- 
ratives in  wool  and  cotton  factories,  who  may  be  exempted  by  the 
Secretary  of  War ; — shall  be  and  are  hereby  exempted  from  military 
service  in  the  armies  of  the  Confederate  States. 
Approved  April  21,  1862. 


April  21,  1S62.         Chap.  LXXV. — >3n  Act  to  amend  Jin  Act  entitled  An  Act  to  further  provide  for  the  public  defence^ 
passed  the  sixteenth  day  of  April,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 


1862,  AprU  16. 

Vacancies  in  com-      The  CoTigress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That 
ei«.?flUed  by'iTromo'  all  Vacancies  shall  be  filled   by  the  President  from  the  company,  bat- 
oon  according  to  se-  talion,  squadron  or  regiment  in  which  such  vacancies  shall  occur,  by 
promotion,  according  to  seniority,  except  in  case  of  disability  or  other 
incompetency,  and  that  whenever  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  the  lowest 
Vacancy  in  the  low- grade  of  Commissioned  officers  of  a  company,  such   vacancies  shall  be 
^n^d'  officers"o?'a  filled  by  election :  Provided,  however,   That  the  President  may,  when 
emnpany  filled  by  jjj  {jjg  opinion  it  is  proper,  fill  any  vacancy  by  the  promotion  of  any  of- 
ficer from  any  company,  battalion,  squadron  or  regiment  in  which  the 
same  may  occur,  who  shall   have  been  distinguished  in  service  by  the 
exhibition  of  extraordinary  valor  and  skill ;  and  that  when  any  vacancy 
shall  occur  in  the  lowest  grade  of  commissioned  officers  of  any  compa- 
President  may  fiu  ny,  the  same  may  he  filled  by  selection   by  the  President  of  any  non- 
mot?o™of''officerror  Commissioned  officer  or  private  from  the  company  in  which  said  vacan- 
P'i^'^s  for  distin-  ey  may  occur,  who  shall  have  been  distinguished  in  the  service  by  the 
exhibition  of  extraordinary  valor  and  skill ;  and  that  appointments  made 
by  the   President  shall  be  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
Senate. 
Approved  April  21,  1862. 


^         J 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Res.  1,  2,  3,  4.     1862.  S3 

RESOLUTIONS. 


(No.  1.]    Joint  resotvUon  approving  the  resolution  passed  hy  the  Legislature  oj    Virginia  expres-     February  2T,  1 862. 
sing  her  determination  to  vindicate  her  ancient  boundaries.  

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  Con-    Approval  of jseso- 
federate  States  of  America,  That  they  heartily  approve  of  the  peso- Legislature  of  vir- 
lution  passed  by  the  Legislature  of  Virginia,  expressing  her  determi-  S'°'" 
nation  to  vindicate  the  integrity  of  her  ancient  boundaries,  and  pledge 
all  the  resources  of  the  Confederacy  to  uphold  her  determination. 

Approved  Feb.  27,  1862. 


pnia. 


[No.  2.]    .4  Resolution  declaring  the  sense  of  Congress  inregard  to  re-uniting  with  the  United  States,       March  11, 1862. 


Whereas  the    United   States  are  waging  war  against  the    Confede-        Preamble. 
rate  States,  with  the  avowed  purpose  of  compelling  the  latter  to  re- 
unite with  them  under  the  same  Constitution  and  Government ;  and 
whereas  the  waging  of  war  with  such  an  object  is  in  direct  opposition  ' 

to  the  sound  republican  maxim,  that  "all  government  rests  upon  the 
consent  of  the  governed,"  and  can  only  tend  to  consolidation  in  the 
General  Government,  and  the  consequent  destruction  of  the  rights  of 
the  States  ;  and  whereas  this  result  being  attained,  the  two  sections 
can  only  exist  together  in  the  relation  of  the  oppressor  and  the  oppres- 
sed, because  of  the  great  preponderance  of  power  in  the  Northern 
section,  coupled  with  dissimilarity  of  interest ;  and  whereas  we,  (he 
representatives  of  the  people  of  the  Confederate  States,  in  Congress, 
assembled,  may  be  presumed  to  know  the  sentiments  of  said  people, 
having  just  been  elected  by  them  :  Therefore — 

^Be  it  resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,    No  political  affiiia- 
That  this  Congress  do  solemnly  declare  and  publish  to  the  world,  that  of" thrunite/ statS 
it  is  the  unalterable  determination  of  the  people  of  the  Confederate 
States,  in  humble  reliance  upon  Almighty  God,  to  suffer  all  the  calam- 
ities of  the   most  protracted  war,  but   that  they  will  never,   on  any 
terms,  politically  affiliate  with  a  people  who  are  guilty  of  an  invasion 
of  their  soil  and  the  butchery  of  their  citizens. 
Approved  March  11,  1862. 


[No.  3.]    Resolution  pledging  the  Government  to  maintain  the  territorial  integrity  of  the  Confede      March  11  1862. 

racy.  , ! 


Resolved  hy  the   Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America,    the  territorial  in- 
That  the  honor  of  this  Government  imperatively  demands  that  the  ex-  eracy!^°to  be  maln- 
isting  war  be  prosecuted   until  the  enemy  shall  have  been   expelled  '^''"=*- 
from  every  foot  of  soil  within  each  and   every  of  the  Confederate 
States;  and  no  proposition  of  peace  shall  be  entertained  which  con- 
templates,  however    remotely,  the  relinquishment,  by  this  Govern- 
ment, of  any  portion  of  any  of  the  States  of  this  Confederacy. 

Approved  March  11,  1862. 


[No.  4.]    Resolution  of  thanks  to  Capt,  Buchanan  and  the  officers  and  men  under  his  command.  March  12, 1862. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America,    ihanks  of  Congress 
That  the  thanks  of  Congress  are  due  and  are  hereby  cordially  tender-  *and  ufconSand?*" 
ed  to  Captain  Buchanan,  and  all  under  his  command,  for  their  unsur- 
passed gallantry,  as  displayed  in  the  recent  successful  attack  upon  the 
naval  forces  of  the  enemy  in  Hampton  Roads. 

Approved  March  12,  1862. 


54  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Res.  5,  6,  7,  8,  9.     1862. 

March  25, 1863.  [No.  5.  J    Joint  resolution  to  aid  our  prisoners  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 

Aid  to  our  prison-      Resolved  hv  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America^ 

ers   of   wa,r    in    the  ^^  j  ^        j  j  j 

iands  of  the  enemy.  That  the  Secretary  of  War  be  authorized  to  apply  out  of  the  contin- 
gent funil  of  the  War  Department,  such  sums   of  money,  from  time  to 
time,  as,  in  his  judgment,  may  be  necessary  for  the  aid  of  prisoners  of 
Proviso.  war  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy  :  Provided,  That  all  sums  paid  any  pri- 

soner, or  expended  for  him,  shall  be  charged  to  his  account. 
Approved  March  25,  1862. 


April  3, 1862.         [No.  6.]    Joint  resolution  relating  to  the  manner  of  patjing  Members  of  the  Provisional  Congrest 
■ the  arrearages  of  their  pay  and  mileage. 


Manner  of  paying      Resolved  hy  the  CongTcss  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
visional  Congress  That  the  pay  and  mileage  of  members  of  the  Provisional   Congress, 
iheh-payandmifeage'  ^'^°  have  not  been  paid  may  be  paid  upon  ccrtifiates  signed   by  the 
Speaker  of  the   House   of  Repiesentatives,  on  the  recommendation  of 
the   House  Committee  on  pay   and  mileage,  out  of  any  money  appro- 
priated for  that  purpose. 
Approved  April  3,  1862. 


April  9, 1862.         [No.  7.]    Resolutions  of  thanks  to  Major  General  Thomas  J.  Jackson  and  the  officers  and  men  under 
his  command,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  services  in  the  battle  of  Kernstown. 


mianksofCongiess      Resolvtd  hy  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
Bonandhiscoimnand.  That  the  thanks  of  Congress  are  due  and  are  hereby  tendered  to  Major- 
General  Thomas  J.  Jackson  and  the  officers  and  men  under  his  com- 
mand for  gallant  and  meritorious  services  in  a  successful  engagement 
with  a  greatly  superior  force  of  the  enemy  near  Kernstown,  Frederick 
County,  Virginia,  on  the  tweuty-third  day  of  March,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-two. 
Peoretary  of  War      Resolved,  That  these  resolutions  be  communicated  by  th-e  Secretary 
'r?so°ut"ns!°'"'*'"'  0^  ^ar  to  Major-General  Jackson,  and  by  him,  to  his  command. 
Approved  April  9,  1862. 


April  11, 1863.         [No.  8.]  Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to  the  patriotic  women  of  the  country  for  voluntary  contrihutioru 

furnished  by  them  to  the  ^rmy. 


Thanks  of  Congress      Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
of  the  country.  That  the  thanks  of  the  Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  are  emi- 

nently due,  and  are  hereby  tendered   to  the  patriotic  women  of  the 
Confederacy  for  the  energy,  zeal  and  untiring  devotion  which  they  have 
manifested  in  furnishing  voluntary  contributions  to  our  soldiers  in  the 
field,  and  in  the  various  military  hospitals  throughout  the  country.     - 
Approved  April  11,  1862. 


April  15,  1862.  [No.  9.]    Joint  resolution  of  thanks  for  the  victory  at  Shiloh,  Tenn, 


Gratitude  of  Con-  Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
achievedatEhlioh?'^^  That  Congress  has  learned  with  gratitude  to  the  Divine  Ruler  of  na- 
tions the  intelligence  of  the  recent  complete  and  brilliant  victory  which 
has  been  gained  by  the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States  under  the  com- 
mand of  Gen.  A.  S.  Johnston,  over  the  Federal  forces  in  Tennessee,  on 
the  battle  field  of  Shiloh. 


EIRST  CONGEESS.    Sess.    I.    Res.  10,  11,  12.   1862.      *  SS 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  Congress  are  hereby  tendered  to  Gen.    Thanks  of  Congress 
G.  T.  Beauregard  and  the  other'  surviving  officers  and  privates  of  that  l°d*;thersm^v"Tn|"f* 
army  lor  the  signal  exhibition  of  skill  and  gallantry  displayed  by  them  fleers  and  pmatea. 
on  that  memorable  occasion ;    and  all  who  contributed  to  that  signal 
triumph,  in  the  judgment  of  Congress,  are  entitled  to  the  gratitude  of 
their  country. 

Resolved,  That  the  intelligence  of  the  death  of  General  Albert  Sid-    Sorrow  of  Congress 
ney   Johnston,    Commander-in-Chief,    when   leading   the    Confederate  teiilgence  of  the  death 
forces  to  victory  on  the  sixth  of  April,  in  Tennessee,  vs^hile  it  affects  °f  c*™- ■'"'''"ston. 
Congress  with  piofound  sorrow,  at  the  same  time  obscures  our  joy  with 
a  shade  of  sadness  at  the  loss  of  an  officer,  so  able,  skillful  and  galjant. 

Resolved,  That  the  foregoing  resolutions  be  made  known   by  appro-    These  resolutions  to 
priate  general  orders  by  the  Generals  in  command,  to  the  officers  and  ^a" rg^e^c"™ 'h' m 
troops  to  whom  they  are  addressed,  and  that  they  also  be  communicated  addressed. 
to  the  family  of  General  Johnston. 

Approved  April  15,  1862. 


[No.  10.]    Joiiit  resolution  of  thanks  to  General  H,  H.  Siitetf  and  his  f:ommand.  April  16   1863. 


Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,    Thanks  of  Congress 
That  the  thanks  of  Congress  are  hereby  tendered  to  Brig.  Gen.  H.  H.  Sib-  andhil'oommind?""' 
ley,  and  to  the  officers  and  men  under  his  command,  for  the   complete 
and  brilliant  victories  achieved  over  our  enemies  in  New  Mexico. 

Approved  April  16,  1862. 


[Ko.  11.3    Resolution  of  thanks  to  the  officers  and  creTi's  of  the  Patrick  Henry,  Jamestown,  Teazer       April  16  1863 
and  other  vessels  for  gallant  conduct.  ' 


Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,    Thanks  of  Congress 
That  the  thanks  of  Congress  are  due,  and  are  hereby  tendered  to  the  crews  of  the  Patrick 
officers  and  crews  of  the  Patrick  Henry,  Jamestown,  Teazer  and  other  ?eazTr'aD?o'ther''y'S- 
vessels  engaged,  for  their  gallant  conduct  and  bearing  in  the  naval  com-  seis. 
bat  and  brilliant  victory  on  the  waters  of  Jaiines  river,  on  the  8th  and 
9th  of  March,  1863. 

Approved  April  16,  1862. 


[No.  13.]  Resolution  for  the  preservation  of  public  documente,  April  19  1863. 


Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,    Preservation  of 
That  two  hundred  copies  of  all  documents  printed   by  order  of  either  ^JaeToTeitherHou^e 
House  of  Congress  shall  be  delivered  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  °^  Congress. 
Printing  to  the  Attorney  General,  and  at  the  end  of  each  session  of  Con- 
gress, the  Attorney  General  shall  cause  the  samfetobe  properly  indexed     To  be  indexed  an* 
and  bound  in  volumes  of  convenient  size,  including  in  each  vohime  one  ''™°''- 
copy  of  each  document;  but  no  document  from  which  the  seal  of  secresy 
has  not  been  removed  shall  be  placed  in  said  bound  volumes. 

Resolved  further.  That  one  copy  of  said  volumes,  when  bound,  shall    How  disposed  of 
be  retained  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Justice,  and  the  remain- 
ing copies  together  with  the  secret  documents,  held  subject  to  the  order 
of  Congress. 

Approved  April  19,  1863. 


56  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Res.  13,  14,  15,  16.     1862. 

April  19, 1863.       [No.  13-]    Joint  Hesolution  to  autTiorize  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  pay  the  mnleage  find 
per  diem  of  mcTn^ers  of  the  Provisional  Congress  out  of  the  contingejit  fund  of  that  Congress. 


Contingent   fund      Resolved  by  the   Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America, 

Congress  to  be  used  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to 

»heir^m1iea?e™'nd  "*^  *he  fund  appropriated  by  the  Provisional  Congress  for  contingen- 

por  diem.  cies  for  that  Congress,  in  paying  members  of  the  Provisional  Congress, 

who  have  not  already  been  paid  the  mileage  and  per  diem  due  them. 

Approved  April  19,  1862. 


April  21,  1862.       [No.  14.]    Resolution  of  thanks  to  2fajor  Generate  Van  Dom  and  Price,  and  the  officers  and 

soldiersunder  their  command,  Jbr  their  valour,  skill  and  good  conduct,  i7i  the  battle  of  Elk 

Horn,  in  the  State  of  Arkansas,  and  of  respect  for  the  Tnemory  of  Generals  McCuiloch  and 
Mcintosh. 

Thanks  of  Congress      Resolved  hy  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
Van Dorn^ and^°Pr?ce  That  the  thanks  of  Congress  be,  and  they  are  hereby  given  to  Major- 
oomnands  "^''^""'^^  Generals  Van  Dorn  and  Price,  and  the  officers  and  soldiers  under  their 
command,  for  their  valor,  skill  and  good  conduct  in  the  battle  ot  Elk- 
horn,  in  the  State  of  Arkansas. 
Grief  of  Congress      Resolved,  further,  That  the  Congress  has  heard  with  profound  grief, 
-ais  McCuiloch  and  of  the  deaths  of  Generals  McCulioch  and  Mcintosh,  who  fell  in  the 
Mcintosh.  midst  of  the  battle,  gloriously  leading  their  commands  against  the  ene- 

my. 
Approved  April  21,  1862. 


April  21  1862.       [No.  15.]    Joint  Resolution  to  proinde  for  the  payment  of  stationery  purchased  for  the  Provi- 
*  sicnal  Congress, 


Account  of  Starke  Resolved  hy  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
andcardoza  for  sta-  -pi^^t  the  clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives  is  hereby  authorized 
to  pay  out  of  the  contingent  fund  of  the  Provisional  Congress,  the  ac- 
count of  Starke  and  Cardoza,  for  the  sum  of  ten  hundred  and  forty- 
five  dollars  and  sixty  cents,  for  stationery  furnished  the  Provisional 
Congress. 
Approved  April  21,  T862. 


April  21  1862        [^o-  ^6.j    Joint  Resolution  to  authorize  the  ,joint  cojnmiftee  on  public  lyitildings  to  rent  rooms 
._     ^         '  for  the  Treasury  Department. 

Rent  of  additional  Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
theTrJasury  Depar".  That  the  Joint  Committee  on  Public  Buildings  be  authorized  to 
ajent.  rent  as  many  additional  rooms  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  use  of  the 

Treasury  Department. 

Approved  April  21,  1862. 


INDEX 


IPOREGOING  PUBLIC  LAWS  AND  RESOLUTIONS 


OF    THE   CONFEDERATE   STATES. 


A. 

AecountSf 

auditing  of,  for  the  War  Department, 40, 

duties  of  Second  Auditor  and  OomptroUer  in  re- 
spect thereto, 40 

AdfninistratorSf 

agents  in  Indian  nations  te  act,  ex  o^cio^  as  an- 
cillary admintstratorB  of  the  goods,  etc.,  of  citi- 
sens  of  the  Confederate   States  who  may  die 

therein 25^ 

Advertisements^ 

for  cari  ying  the  mail  may  be  inserted  in  addition- 
al number  of  newspapers, 2 ! 

Annuities., 

payment  of,  under  Treaty  stipulat'.ons  with  the  I> 

dians,  14; 

Appropriations^ 

for  the  further  defence  of  the  Bay  of  Mobile  and 

the  Alabama  river, 4 

payment  of,  for  contiagent  expenses  of  Congress,.  5! 

who  declared  to  be  disbursing  offices  of  same, ....  5 
general  legialative,  executive  and  judicial  appro- 
priation bill,  and  for  other  objects  from  April  1, 

to  November  30, 1S62, 7 

legislative, 7 

senate, 7-8 

house, 8 

priatlngfor  Congress, 8 

executive, 8 

president, S 

vice-president,...    8 

private  secretary  and  messenger, 8 

contingent  and  telegraphic  expenses,.  ...  8 

state  department 8 

secretary's  office, 8 

Incidental  and  contiagent  expenses, 8 

■war  department, 8 

qpcretary 's  office, 8 

officers  and  privates  of  the  army,  9 

volunteers  and  militia, 9 

quartermaster's   supplies,    transportation 

^                   and  other  necessary  expenses, 9 

Bubsistence  stores  and  cummissary  prope> 

ty, 9 

ordnance  service,  9 

CTigineer  service, 9 

BQrgical  and  medical  supplies, 9 ! 

contingent  expenses  of  the  Adjutant  and 

Inspector  General's  office, 9 

Incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the 

army  and  of  the  war  department, 9 

floating  defences  of  the  western  waters,. .  9 ; 

navy  department, 8 ; 

secretary's  office 8  i 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses, 8 ; 

pay  of  the  navy, 10  > 

provisions  and  clothing, 10  ] 

contingencies  In  the  paymaster's  depart-  ; 

ment, 10 1 

ordnance  and  ordnance  stores, 10  J 

naut  cal  instruments, 10  < 

iron-clad  vessels, 10  J 

equipment  and  repair  of  vessels, 10 ' 

5 


Appropriations,  (continued.) 

fuel  for  steamers,  navy-yards  and   sta- 
tions,    ID 

medical  supplies  and  surgeon's  necessa- 
ries,     10 

contingents  enumerated,. 10 

hemp, 10 

support  of  the  marine  corps,  Including 

bounty, 10 

iron-clad  vessels  in  Europe, 10 

post-offi:e  department, 8 

postmaster  general's  office, 8 

Incidental  and  contingent  expenses, 8 

justice  department, 8 

attorney  general's  office, a 

office  of  superintendent  of  public  printing,  8 

Incidental  and  cohtingent  expenses, 8 

printing  for  the  several  departments, 8 

rent  of  executive  buildings  and  removal  of  the 

seat  of  government, 9 

judges, 9 

district  attorneys, ...  9 

ma-shals, 9 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  courts,.  9 
deficiencies  in  the  revenue  of  the  post-office  de- 
partment,     9 

treasury  notes,  bonds,  etc., 9 

telegraph  lines, 9 

collectors  of  war  tax, 9 

assessors  of  war  tax, 9 

commissioners,     etc.,     under     sequestration 

act, 9 

Charleston  custom  house, 9 

rent  of  executive  buildings, , 9 

foreign  intercourse, ...; 9 

mini'-ters, ^. 9 

commissioners, 9 

Secretary  or  other  officers, 9 

incidental  and  contingent  necessities,  etc.,  9 

public  debt 9 

Interest ,.. 9 

Indian  affairs,.. 8 

Commissioner's  nfBce, 8 

Indian  treaties, 9 

Chxtaws  and  Chicliasaws, 9 

Cherokees ^ 9 

Coman.  hes, 10 

Osages, 10 

Quapaws, 10 

Reserve  Indians, 10 

Seoecas  and  Phawnees,. 10 

Super)  ntendents  and  agents 10 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  In- 
dian agencies, 10 

Arizona  tenitory, 10 

governor, 10 

commiis.oner  of  Indian  affairs  and  secre- 
tary,    10 

judges l'> 

attornt-y, 10 

marshal, 10 

legislative  assembly, 10 

contingent  expenses  of  legislative  assembly,  1 0 

of  territory, 10 


index: 


50 : 


45; 


Appropriations^  (continned.) 

estimates  of  heads  of  departments^ • 25  > 

t9  carry  into  eflfect  "  An  Act  to  encourage  en-         \ 

Ustments  in  the  corps  of  marines" 26-27  ; 

for  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  war  depart  \ 

ment  and  the  army,  to  be  divided, 32-83  > 

tor  the  c>>D8tract'0n  of  a  railroad  in  the  States         i 

of  Louisiana  and  Texas, 85  ^ 

ftirther  appropriations  in  the  treasury,  war  and        / 
navy  departments,  and  for  other  purposes        ^ 

for  the  year  ending  Nov.  30, 1S62 , 87? 

treaenry  department, 88'^ 

additional  clerks  in  the  offices  of  the  trea-        / 
earer,  assistant  treasurers  and  deposita-         ^^ 

Ties, 88  ; 

war  department " 8S  > 

pig  and  rolled  iron, 88'^ 

casting  cannon,  shot  and  shells, 88  > 

manufacturing  small  arms, 88  ^ 

purchase  and  manufacture  of  nitre  and  ex-        f 

ploring  and  working  caves,  etc 88  ^ 

D3vy  department, 38  ^ 

advances  on  contracts  lor  the  manufacture         f 

and  prod  action  of  iron, 38^ 

purcha^'e  of  exchange  for  the  department        / 

in  pnrchasing  iron-clad  vessels,. ,     88  J 

la-acellaneous, 85  ^ 

interest  on  the  public  debt SS 

paper,  plates  and  printing  of  bonds  and 

treasury  notes, £8 

additional  clerks  for  issue  of  bonds  and 

coupons, B8 

paper,  plates  and  printingof  treasury  notes 
of  Ihe  denomiaatioa  of  one  ani  two  dol- 
lars,     88 

additional  clerks  to  sign  smatl  treasury 

notes 83 

to  carry  into  effect  the  act  authorizing  the 
exchinge  of  bonis  or  stocks  for  articles 

IB  kind, 

ArmorerSy 

I  resident  may  increase  salaiies  of  master   armor- 
ers,  

Arf7i.5, 

pay  for  private  arms, 81 

manufactories  of  small  arms  adapted  to  the  use 

of.  the  army 88 

advances  by  the  government  to  the  contractors 

for  the  erection  of  the  works  andmachioery,    S3 
act  to  apply  to  cases  of  enlargement  of  exis-         J 

ting   manufactories, 33-34  J 

Army,  '/ 

army  officer,  appointed  Secretary  of  War,  not  to         < 

lose  his  rank, 1 ' 

corps  for  the  defence  of  Mobile  bay  and  the         I 

Alabama  river.  Officers;  th'-ir  rank  and  pay,      4  \ 

itaff  and  clerical  force  of  General  who  may         / 

be  assigned  to  duty  at  seat  of  government,..      4  j 

their  pay  and  allowances, 4J 

offices,  fae',  etc..  to  be  provided,   4i 

addiilonal  aids  de-camp  allowed  the  President,      7  i 

their  rank  pay  and  allowances, 7> 

act  of  March  6th,  1S61,  amended  to  make  it         \ 
apply  to  companies  i*ceived  into  the  service         > 

for  duty  as  HeaTy  A>tillery, 10-11  ^ 

same  act  and  the  act  of  May  10th  1861,  ti  ex- 
tend to  companies  of  Light  and  Heavy  Artil- 
lery, now  in,  or  which  may  be  received  Into 

the  service, 11 

eompanies.  etc.,  of  troops  to  be  organized  and 

armed  with  pikes  or  other  availabe  arms,. . 

to  serve  as  infantry  or  be  attached  to  other 

regiments  in  the  se'vi  e,. ... 

men  may  be  dtta'ltd  from  such  companies        J 
to  fill  vacancies  in  companies  armed  with         ^ 

Ore  arms, 26  > 

corps  of    officers  for    the    working   of  nitre         ) 

cave?, 27-28.' 

their  duties 27-28  J 

superintendent  of  such  corps  to  make  re-         I 

port  to  cfaief  of  ordnance, 28  ? 

organisation  of  corps ;   how  long  to  con-         ^ 

tinue, 28^ 

ail  white  men.  residents  of  the  C.  S.,  between         } 
tt  cages  'f  18  and  35  years,  placed  in  the         ( 

milita  y  service    SO  ( 

those  now  in  the  army  continued  in  the  ser- 
vice  

reorganiaation  of  coinpanies,  etc.,  whose 
term    of    enlislmect    was    for     twelve 

months, 30 

JoTlongha  may  be  granted, 80 


86! 


so: 


Armyf  (continued.) 

commutation, St?* 

persons  now  enrolled,  under  the  age  of  IS 
or  over  35  years,  required  to  remain  for 

ninety  days, 80' 

laws  providing  for  the  re-enlistment  of  vol- 

unteersand  organization  thereof  repealed    SC' 
companies,  etc.,  with  number  of  men  re- 
qalsite  for  organization  enrolled,  to  be 

lEQstered  into  service, 80 

enrollment  of  men, 30-81 

persons  enrolled  assigned  to  companies  in 

the  service  from  which  they  come, 81 

transfer  of  seamen  fiom  the  land  forcesto 

the  naval  service, 31 

excess  of  enrolled  persons  kept  as  a  re- 
serve,  - 81 

details  from  the  reserve  to  keep  each  com- 
pany to  its  max'mum, 3t 

reserves  may  •  emaio  at  home, 81 

not  to  receive  pay,  nor  be  subject  to 

rules  and  articles  of  war, 31 

when  the  entire  reserve  may  be  called 

into  act :  al  s  -rvice, 81 

organizat  on, 31 

election  of  office-p,  31 

troops  raised  in  different  States  not  to  be 

combined 31 

bounty, 81 

pay  for  private  ar&s, 81 

substitutes  allowed, 3t' 

vacancies  to  be  filled  by  the  President 
from  the  companies,  etc.,  in  which  they 
occur  by  promotion  according  to  seni- 
ority,     82* 

election  of  officers  for  regiments,  etc., 
composed  of   twelve  months  and   war 

companies, 32 

complement  of  infantry-;  field  artillery; 

cavalry, ,    82 

persons  subject  to  enrollment  may  volun- 
teer,       32 

act  to  organize. a  signal  corps, 33 

number  of   ordnance  sergeants  increased  so 

as  to  provide  ohe  for  each  regiment, 39 

appointment  of  drilL-mtiSters  for  camps  of  in- 
struction,     40 

payment  of  offi-ers  of  the  Virginia  militia  for 

services  rendered, 44-45 

eompanies  with  less  than  the  minimum  num- 
ber of  mes,  already  in  the  service,  recog- 
nized as  if  duly  organized, 46 

rank  of  the  officers  of  such  companies,...    46 
pay  and  rations  of  the  offixiers  and  men,..    46- 
commissary  and  quartermaster  generals  to  di- 
rect their  officers  to  receive  and  apply  arti- 
cles in  kind  acquired  by  the  exchange  of 

bonds  or  stock, 47 

drunkenness  of  commissioned  officers  in  the 

army,  punisht-d 47-48 

duty  of  all  officers  to  make  report  thereof,    43 

court  for  the  tiifil  of  offenders, 43 

bands  of  Partisan  Rangers, 48 

pay,  rations  and  quarters, 48 

entitled  to  the  foil  value  of  arms,  etc., 

captured, 43 

enlistment  of  cooks, 43 

ther  duties, 43 

may  be  white  or  black,  free  or  slave  per- 
sons,   43 

appointment  of  additional  officers  in  the  Engi- 
neer corps  of  the  Provisional   Army, 49- 

appointment  of  officers  ol  artillery  of  the  rank 
of  captain  and  first  lientenant  in  Frovis'onal 

Army 49' 

act  to  organize  battalions  of  sharp  shoo'ers,..    51 
companies,  etc.,  which  have  been  organ- 
ize'l  or  are  in  service  under  State  au- 
thority, may  be  accepted, 51 

persons  exempted  from  military  service,. . ..    51-52 
vacancies  in  companies,  battalions,  etc.,  how, 

and  by  whom  filled, .    52 

in  the  lowest  grades  of  comm'ssioned  of- 
ficers of  a  company  filled  by  election, ..    52 
President  may  fill  vacancies  by  the  promo- 
tion of   ofhcers  or  privates  for  dietin- 

guished  services, 52 

Arizona  Territory, 

appropriation  for, ID 

legislative,  executive  and  judicial  officers, 10 

contingent  expenses  ef  the  legis-ativc  assembly    10 
of  the  territory, 10 


INDEX. 


ui 


Artillery,  y 

acts  of  March  6th  a-nd  May  lOtb,  1861,  extended  so         j 

a3  to  apply  to  companies  of  light  and  heavy  ar-         J 

tiUery, 10-11  / 

appointment  of  officers  of,  of  the  rank  of  captain         \ 
and  firsf  lieutenant,  in  the  Provisional  Army,. . ,    49 

number, 49 

Attorney  Gentralj 

appropriation  for  his  office, 8 

to    have  public  documents  printed  by  order  of 
either  House  of  Congrtss,  indexed  and  bound,..     5?i 

how  disposed  of, 55 

Attorneys, 

compensation  of  district  attor  neys,  limited, 41 

surplus  of  fees  to  be  paid  into  the  treasury, 41 


B. 


53 


JBeauregardj  General, 

thanka  of  Congress  tendered  to, 

Bonds  J 

of  Superintendent  of  Indian  affairs, 11 

Indian  afrents, 11 

depositories  of  pu^ilic  moneys, 29 

contractors  for  the  manufacture  of  saltpetre 

and  small  arms, ,    33 

BooJc-JceepeTS, 

additional,  may  be  employed  at  the  offices  of  the 

Treasurer  and  Assistant  Treasurers, 82  ^ 

compensation, 32  J 

Bounty,  i 

soldiers  continued  In  service  under  the  conscrip-         i 

tioQ  act  to  receive  bounty, SI  j 

BuchancLii,  Captain,  \ 

thanks  of  Congress  tendered  to, 53  / 


0. 


Chaplains,  i 

at  the  navy  hospita's, 42  ^ 

pay, 44  ^ 

pay  and  rations  of,  in  the  army, 45  ;> 

Cherokees, 

appropriation  for, , 

Choctaws  and  Ckickasaws,  ( 

appropriation  for, 9^ 

Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  / 

his  EaUry, 3  <; 

may  appoint  asaibtants, 8  / 

their  salariei, 3  j! 

Clerks.     See  Fees.  i 

additional  clerks  In  the  offices  of  the  Treasurer  and         ) 

Assstant  Treasurers,  authorized, 32  *; 

compensation  of  clerks  of  Uistrict  \. ourt*,  limited,    41  ,* 
to  be  furniihcd  with  record  books  and  sia-         ^ 

tionery, 4A  I 

may  appoint  deputies 44  / 

oa.th  and  duties  of  deputy, 44  <; 

removal  from  office, 44  / 

additional  clerks  authorized  in  the  bureau  of  the         { 

Quartermaster  General, ^ 40 

Coal.     Bee  Mines. 
Comanckes, 

appropi-iatinn  for, 10  ^ 

Commissary  Geyieral,  / 

to  direct  his  officers  to  receive  a^-tic'es  !n  kind  re-         / 

ceived  in  ex>.hange  for  bonds,  etc.,  and  app'y         I 

the  same, 47/ 

Compensation.  J 

of  Secreta'-y  of  the  Senate, 

of  Assist  ant  Secretary  of  the  Senate  and  Clerks, . . 
of    Sei  geant-at- \ rms,    Doorkt-eper,    A asistant     of 

Doorkei^p^r  and  Page  of  the  Senate, 3 

of  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives  and  his 

assistants 8 

of  Dookeeper,  Assistant  Doorke  per  and  Pages  of 

the  House, 3 

of  officers  of  toips  for  the  defence  of  Mobile  bay 

and  Alabama  rive-, 4 

of  Senator?,   Representatives   and   Delegates   in 

Congress, 4-5 

when  i'resMent  of  the  Senate  pro  tempore,  to  re- 
ceive comp  na'ion  a'lowi  d  the  Vice-Pre^i'Jent,      5 
Speaker  of  t^le  Honse  to  receive  double  pay  al- 
lowed Representatives, 6 

dedudion  lor  absence  w  thout  leave, 5 

of  members  and  officers  of  two   Houses   of   Con- 
gress; how  certified, 5,  40-41 

eertificates  granted  to  be  taken  as  conclusive, 5 

of  additional  aids-de-camp  on  the  President's  staff,      7 


Compensation,  (continued.) 

of  the  President, .., , T 

of  superintendent  of  Arkansas  and  Red  lUver  su- 

perintondenc.v  of  Indian  affairs, 11 

Indian  agents, • 12,  25 

jntt.rpreters  for  Indian  agencies, 12 

blacksmiths,  wagon  makers,  mechanics,  teach- 
ers and  physicians, 18 

to  be  in  full  of  all  emoluments  except  fees,. ..    13 
agent  or  interpreter  absent  without  leave  to  re- 
ceive no  pay, 13-14 

of  district  attorney,  marshal  and  deputy  marshals 
of  Tennessee  whose  offices  were  declared  to  be 

vacated, 2T 

of  district  collectors  of  war  tax, 2T 

of  depositoiies  of  public  moneys, 29 

of  colored  persons  employed  as  musicians, 29 

of  additional  tellers  and  book-keepers  in  the  offices 

of  the  treasurer  and  assistant  treasurers, S3 

fees  of  marshals, 35-87 

of  criers  and  persons  attending  on  jui  ies, 87 

of  jurors, 37 

of  witne^^ses, 87 

of  drill-masters, ". 40 

of  clerks,  marshals  and  district  attorneys,  limited,    41 
surplus  of  their  fees,  etc.,  to  be  paid  into  the 

treasury, 41 

of  chaplains  in  the  naval  hosi  itals, 42 

fees  and  mileage  of  clerks  of  cojrts, 42-48 

of  officers  of  tite  Virginia  militia  for  services  ren- 
dered the  Confederate  States 44-45 

of  additional  clerks  authorized  in  the  bureau  of  the 

Quartermaster  General, 45 

salaries  of  m  ster  armorers  may  be  iucrtased,... .     45 

©f  chaplains  in  the  army, 45 

of  agents  to  carry  out  the  details  of  the  ai  tauthor- 
izing  the  ex  hange  of  bonds  for  articles  in  kind,    4T 

commissioners  allowed  deputy  postmasters, 49 

of  the  additional  grades  of  navy  officers, ....     50 

of  payma'iteri  in  the  navy, CO 

of  inventors  or  constructors   of  machines  for   des- 
troying armed  vessels  of  the  enemy, 51 

manner  of  paying  members  of  the  l^rd  visional  Con- 
gress the  arrearages  of  their  pyy, 54 

<  Cooks, 

?        enlistment  of,  in  the  army, 48 

J        duties, 4S 

/         may  be  white  or  black,  free  or  slave  persons, 43 

;         pay, 48-49 

Congress, 


i( 


ompensation  and  mileage  of  members, 4-5 

when  president  of  the  Senate  j»ro  /em/jore,  to  re- 
ceive compensation  allowed  ihe  P.  esiden', 5 

speaker  of  th^  House  to  receive  d  uble  pay, 5 

deduction  from  pay  of  membets  for  absence  with- 
out leave, 5 

compensation  due  to  members  and  officei-s  of  two 

Houses  how  certified, 5,40-41 

certificates  granted  taken  as  con  lusivf, 5 

payment  of  appropriations  for  contingent  expenses 
of,  to  be  made   at  the  treasury  on  the  draft  of 

the  disbursing  officers, 5 

who  declared  to  be  disbursing  officers  of  said  ap- 

propriat"9ns 6 

to  give  bond, 5-S 

payments  to  be  made  by  dra  ti, 6 

disbursements  subject  to  approval  of  com- 
mittee of  accounts, , 6 

to  be  in  accordance  with  e  tiraa"es 6 

tabular  statements  to   be  mude  by  disburang 

officers  at  the  close  of  each  session 6 

the  statements  to  be  printed  and  sent  t  j  mem- 
ber-',       6 

members  may  draw  drafts  on  the  treasurer,  dur- 
iHi  the  recess  of,  for  their  raoulhly  pay,  . . 

treasurer  to  report  the  amount  dr.iwn, 

compensation  due  to  members  and   officer-:  of  the        ^ 

two  Houses;  by  whom  certified  and  how  pai1,  40-41 
moiie  of  paying  members  of  the  Provis  oi  al  Con- 
gress the  arrea-ages  of  their  pay  and  mi  eage, 
pr  servation  of  pu^.lic  documents  printed  by  order 

of  either  House,   

contingent  fund  of  the  ProvisiOual  Congre'^s  to  be 

used  In  paying  its  members, 

Btatinnery  furnished  Provisional  Congress  to   be 

paid  for, 5S 

joint  committee  on  public  buildings  toient  addl- 

ti-^nal  rooms  foi  the  Treasury  Department, 56 

Conscription.     See  Ar^ny. 
Contingent  expenses.     See  Congress, 

of  uistrict  Courts,  paid  by  ma^^hal,  to  be  refund- 
ed.      8T 


29 
29 


54 

55 


56 


IV 


INDEX. 


Contingent  Fund^  }  Executive  Mansion^ 

of  the  Provisional  Cougreas  to  be  need  in  paying         j        rent  of  to  be  paid  by  the  government, ,.      7 

its  members  their  mileage  and  yer  diem, t6^  -Exempts, 

Courts,  <        persons  exempt  from  military  service, 5i-M 

time  for  holding  Confederate  Court  for  Northern        ^Evidence, 


District  of  Georgia, 6 

payment  of  conlingent  expenses  of, 37 

for  the  trial  of  commissioned  oflScera  in  ^e  army  > 

for  drunkenness, .,., , .  48  J 

findings  of,  to  be  reported  to  Secretary  of  War,  ^ 

and  by  liimto  Congress,...: 48  J 

Criers,  f 

appointment  of»  for  the  courts  of  the  Confederate  ?  Eees^ 


perpetuation  of  the  testimony  of  the  destruction  of 
property  under  military  necessity, t 


F. 


States, 3T  ' 

allowance  to %\\ 

Crimes  and  Punishments, 

contractors  for  the  manufacture  of  saltpetre  and 
small  arms,  guilty  of  perjury,  punished  by  im- 
prlsonm  ent, 

forgery,  etc.,  of  treasu'-y  notes  issued  by  authority 
of  act  of  AprillT,  lS6i,  how  punished, Si; 

frauds  upon  the  revenue  of  the  Post  office  depart- 
ment, how  punished, 85  ; 

punishment  of  commissioned  officers  in  the  army 
for  dmnhenn^ss, 47-48  . 

for  offences  committed  by  Indians  and  others  in 
Indian  nations  or  tribes.    See  Indian  Affairs. 


of  marshals, 35-87 

surplus  of  fees  of  marshals,  clerks  and  district  at- 
torneys to  be  paid  into  the  Treasury, 41-42 

of  clerks  of  courts, 42-43 

to  who  m.  charged, 4S 

under  sequestration  act,  paid  out  of  sequestered 

fund, 43^ 

fee  bills,  how  made  out, 44 

to  whom  delivered  for  co" lection;  power 

and  duty  of  collecting  office, 44 

how  fee  bill  may  be  quashed, 44 

when  clerk  ia  entitled  before  performing  ser- 
vices to  have  security  for  bis  fees 44 

Fines,  Forfeitures  and  Penalties,    See  Crimes. 

for  transportation  to  and  sale  in  any  port  of  the 
Confederate  states  in  possession  of  the  enemy, 

of  cotton,  tobacco,  etc., 4$ 

Forgery, 

of  treasury  notes ;  how  punished, 34 

making  or  engraving  plates  to  be  used  in  forging 

letary  of  the  Treasury, 25  ;^  or  counterfeiting  such  notes, 84 

Secretary  of  the  Treasdry  to  submit  the  same         /  Fraud, 
with  the  estimates  of  his  department  to  the         '/        upon  the  revenue  of  the  post  office  department, 

Presid-nt, 25  ''  bow  punished, 35 

heads  of,  to  furnish  Secretary  of  tbe  Treasury  with         /  Furloughs, 


D. 

Departments.    See  the  several  Heads, 

estimates  of  heads  of,  *o  be  communicated  to  Sec- 


i  uplicates  of  their  respective  estimates  made 

during  session  of  Congress, 25  ^ 

Depositories,  I 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  constitute  add'tional  / 

depositories  of  public  moneys, 29  ^ 

to  give  bond, 29  ' 

compensation, 29/ 

'  when  their  offices  to  cease, ' 

Destruction, 

of  property  under  military  necessity, a  ■, 

perpetuation  of  the  testimony, 2  / 

indemnity  to  owners, .,  2  J 

District  Attorneys,  I 

compensation  of,  limited, 41 J 

surplus  of  fees  and  emoluments  to  be  paidintothe 

treasury,  41 

District  Courts.    See  Courts,  J 

Drill  Masters,  / 

President  may  appoint,  for  oamps  of  instruction  j 

or  reserve  forces, 40  { 

pay, 40 

Drunkenness^ 

of  conmiissioned  officers  in  the  army ;  how  punish- 
ed,  47-48^ 

duty  of  all  officers  to  make  report  thereof,, .......  48  ' 

court  for  trial  of  offenders, 43  / 

findings  of  the  court  to  be  transmitted  to  the  Secre-  ^ 

tary  of  War  and  reported  by  him  to  Congress, . .  43  <' 

Duties,  K 

remitted  on  railroad  iron  sufficient  t-o  complete  the  I 

Alabama  and  Mississippi  rivers  railroad, 11  > 

-;  Indemnity, 


may  be  granted  to  persons  retained  in  the  service 

beyond  the  period  of  their  original  enlistment,..     80 
commutation  in  lieu  of  furlough, 81 


a. 


I  Government, 

I        appropiartions  for  the  support  of,  from  April  1  to 

^  ov.  30, 1862, 7-10 

author'zed  to  make  advances  for  the  erection  of 

manuTactories  of  saltpetre  and  small  arms, 38 

further  appropriations  for  the  expenses  of,  for  the 

year  ending  No7.  30,1862 37-33 

pledged  to  maintain  the  territorial  iniegrity  of  the 
Confederacy, 58 


H. 

'Habeas  Corpus, 

suspension  of  the  writ  of, 1 

limited  to  arrests  made  by  the  authorities  of  the 
Confederate  Sta;es,  or  for  offences  against  the 
same, 40 

bowlong  the  suspecsion  to  continue, 40 


E. 


to  persons  for  property  destroyed  ty  Indians,. 
j  Indian  affairs. 


19 


Dngineers,  ;, 

appointment  of  additional  officers  in  the  Engineer  ^ 

corps  of  the  Provisional  army, 49  ^ 

JSnrollmenl,  i 

of  persor  s  under  the  Conscription  act;  by  whom  to  > 

be  made , 80-31) 

persons  subject  to,  may  volunteer  previons  to  en-  ^ 

rollment, 82  ^ 

Estimates,  f 

of  beads  of  departments  to  be  commnnicated  to  / 

Secretary  of  ihe  Treasury, 25^ 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  submit  the  same,  with  / 

the  estimates  of  his  department,  to  the  President,  25'' 

dnpiicates  to  be  furnished  of  estimates  made  during  J 

session  of  Congress, 25  / 

Sxchanges,  ^ 

ef  bonds  or  stock  for  articles  in  kind 47  / 

for    agricuUural  products   sub-  I 

scribed  to  the  produce  loan, 47; 


apptopriations  for  commissioners  of,  clerks,  mes- 
sengers and  contingent  expens-  s, 8 

to  carry  into  effect  certain  treaties  with  the  In- 
dians, . .   9-10 

for  pay  of  superintendents  and  agents,  etc., 10 

Arkansas  and  Red  River  superintendency, 11 

where  superintendent  to  rtside, 11 

to  give  bond,  11 

his  duties 11 

may  suspend  officers  and  agents, 11 

Indian  ag-nts, 11 

to  give  bond, 11-13 

compensation, •,.. .  14 

Osage  agency, IS 

Cheri  kee  agency, IS 

Creek  agency, 12 

Seminole  agency, IS 

Choctaw  and  Chickasaw  agency, 12 

Wichita  Reserve  agency. 12 

discontinuance  or  transfer  of  agency, 12 


INDEX. 


so 


23 


23 


htdian  affairs^  (continued.) 

where  agent  to  reside, 12  ^ 

limits  of  each  agency, 12  5 

duties  of  agents 12-24  i 

additional  security  may  be  required  of  persf>n3         \ 
entrusted  with  the  transportation  of  goods,         > 

etc. .  for  the  Indian  department, 12  < 

interpreter  allowed  each  agency, 12 ; 

compensation, 12-lS  I 

preference  g'ven  to  persons  of  Indian  de-         < 

scent 135 

employment  of  blacksmiths  and  wagon-makera         ^ 

and  assistants, 13  / 

compensation, 13  ^ 

other  mechanics,  teachers  or  physicians^  and         / 

their  compensation 13  J 

salaries,  etc.,  to  be  in  full  of  all  emoluments         < 

except  fees, 18  / 

allowance  for  office  rent,  office  contingencies         J 

and  expenses  of  travel, 13  ^ 

no  person  to  hold  more  than  one  office, 13^ 

agent  orinterpreter  absent  without  leaveto  re-        <. 
ceive  no  pay;  and  interpreter  may  be  re-         / 

moved  from  office, 18-14  < 

Superintendents,  etc.,  not  to  trade  with  In-         / 
dians,  nor  be  concerned  in  any  claims  on         ] 

their  behalf, 14  <; 

to  receive  no    compensation  for  certain         / 

services, 14  J 

payments  of  annuities, 14  J 

by  whom  payments  of  moneys  to  be  made,. ..    14  J 

penalty  against  agent  for  embezzlement, 14? 

for    employing  person  employed  by  the         J 

government  to  assist  the  Indians, 14  J 

for  receiving  from  contractor  any  share         ( 

of  profits, ]4-15< 

no  exchange  of  funds  allowed  except,  etc.,. . .    15  \ 
payments  to  be  made  in  the  moneys  or  funds         I 

received, , 15  J 

penalty    against    officers  for  selling    or    dis-         / 

posing  of  Treasury  notes,  drafts,  etc., 15  j 

to  account  for  premium  received, 16  / 

rations  allowed  Indians, 15  i 

special  accounts  thereof  to  be  kept, 16 

provisions  may  be  furnished  Indians  attending 

councils  and  payments  of  annuities 16 

accounts  of  disbursements  to  be  settled  an- 
nually,      16 

copies  thereof  to  be  laid  before  Congress,    16 
who  not  permitted  to  trade  with  Indians  with- 
out license, 16 

by  whom  license  to  be  issued, 16 

no  license  necessary  to  authorize  the  sale 

of  certain  art'cles, 16 

term  of  license, 16 

renewal  of  same, ...   16 

bond, 16 

when  license  may  be  revoked, 16 

trading  without  license, 16 

forfeiture, 16-17 

licenses,  to  whom  granted, 17 

when  agent  may  refuse    application  for 

licens-,. ...  - 17 

appeal  all'^wed  to  Superintendent  of  In- 
dian affairs, 17 

penalty  against  licensed  trader  for  pur- 
chasing certain  articles   furnished   the         ; 

Indians, 17  '(Jachson^  Major  General  Thomas  J., 

Tanging  and  grazing  in  Indian  country, 17  5         thanks  of  Congress  tendered  to, H 

penalty  against, 17  <  Johns  ton,  General  Albert  Sidney, 

persons  driving  stock  may  halt  from  place         \        sorrow  of  Congress  occasioned  by  his  death, 54 

to  place, 17  J  Judiciary, 

sale  of  lands  by  certain  Indian  nations  made         f        time  for  holding  court  for  northern  district  of  Geor- 

Tahd, 17^  gla, 6 

penalty  fo^  attempting  to  cause  infraction  of         '.Juries 


I  Indian  affairs,  (continued.) 

<  proceedings  under  the  authority  of  the 
5  United  States  to  obtain  satisfaction;  how 

5  carried  on, 19-20 

5  punishment  for  forgins  or  counterfeiting  coin 

>  or  the  securities  of  the  government,  for  rob- 

<  biog  the  mail,  violation  of  the  neutrality 
?  laws  and  resistance  to  process 20 

Acts  of  the  Provisional  Congress  to  be  in  force, 

also  laws  punishing  felonies, 30 

penalty  against  gaming, 20-21 

duties  of  agents  and  officers,  21 

forfeiture, 21 

punishment  of  contractors  for  fraud, 21 

penalty  for  selling  liquors  to  rndians, 21 

introducing  liquors  into  the  Indian  territo- 
ry,     21 

dutes  of  Superintendents,  agents,  etc.,.. .    21 

searches  and  seizures, 21-22 

forfeiture, 22 

liquors  may  be  distrained, 22 

for  selling  liquors  under  fraudulent  pretences,    28 

proceedings  against  property  seized, 22 

penalty  for  manufacturing  liquors, 22 

how  to  be  recovered, 22 

duties  of  the  military  in  enforcing  this  act,    22 

treatment  of  persons  arrested, 22 

who  considered  membrs  of  'he  Indian  nations,    23 
exclusive  jurisdiction  of  the  Confederate  States    23 

rights  secured  to  party  indicted, 25 

when  conrt  may  ass'gn  counsel, 

Acts  of  Congress  in  regard  to  fugitive  slaves, 
or  fugitives  from  labor,  declared  to  be  in  full 

force, 

apprehension  and  transportation  of  persons  to 

proper  jurisdiction  for  trial, 2S 

protection  against  unlawful  aggression  or  in- 
vasion,  ■ 24 

removal  of  dangerous  or  improper  persons,..     24 
reclamation    of  property,    lost,   strayed    or 

stolen, 24 

military  aid  may  be  Invoked, 24 

power  given  agents  to  enforce  the  laws  against 

the  introduction  of  liquors, 24 

armed  police, 24 

number  and  compensation, 24 

agent  to  be  eas  offici&  ancillary  administrator 

of  deceased  non-residents, S5 

fees  for  his  services, 25 

Secretary  of  War  to  prescribe  certain  rules 
and  fo:ms ;  the  same  to  be  printed  and  dis- 
tributed,  25 

Interpreters, 

one  allowed  each  Indian  agency, 12 

compensation, 12 

preference  given  to  persons  of  Indian  descent,.. .    IS 
Inventions, 

of  machines  for  destroying  the  armed  vessels  of 

the  enemy, 51 

Inventor  allowed  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  value  of  tha 

property  destroyed, 51 

Iron,    See  Mines. 


Indian  treaties,  etc., 18  J- 

for  correspondence  with  foreign  powers         ] 

with  such  intent, 18  / 

for  correspondence  with  any  power  with         J 
which  the  Confederate  States  is  at  war,    18  l 
emissaries  from  such  powers,  how  pun- 
ished,    ..    18 

twice  the  value  of  property  stolen  or  injured 

to  be  paid  to  friendly  nations, 18-19 

indemnity  to  persons  for  property  destroyed 

by  Indians, 19 

within  what  time  claim  for  Indemnity  to  be 

presented, 19 

how  this  Act  to  be  construed, 19  J  Lawa  of  the  Confederate  States, 

appeal  allowed, 19^        punish'ng  certain  felonies  and  other  offences  de- 

5  clared  to  be  in  force  In  the  Indian  countries, ...      20 


marshals  to  appoint  persons  to  attend  on  grand 

and  other  juries, ^^ 

allowance  to  such  persons  and  by  whom  to  bo 

paid, 8T 

allowance  to  jurors,  87 

Jurisdiction, 

exclusive  jurisdiction  of  the  Confederate  States  In 
Indian  countries, Sd 


L. 


Yl 


INDEX. 


Laws  of  the  Confederate  Staie^f,  ^continued.)  ? 

also  the  laws  in  regard  to  fugitive  slaves,  or  fugi-  s 

tiv-  s  from  labor  and  service, , .  -  23  ? 

providing  for  the  re-eDlistment  of  volunteers  and  \ 

the  oreanizatioa  thereof,  repealed, 80  ( 

relating  to  the  conve.vance  of  mailable  matter  by  i 

expr-'ss  or  other  companies,  repealed, 35  < 

Buspensiun  of,  requiring  entry  of  vessels  or  dis-  ( 

charge  of  iheir  cargoes  at  designated  ports, ....  50  ^ 

hoojis^  ( 

may  be  effected  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  i 

by  a  sale  of  bonds  or  stocky 28  ^ 


M. 


A'^avy,  (continued.^ 

what  officers  to  be  appointed  solely  for  gallant  or 

mei  itorious  conduct, 50 

appointments,  how  made, 50 

service  to  be  specified  in  the  commission, 50 

warrant  officers, 60 

pay  of  the  additional  grades, 50 

of  assistant  paymasters, tO 

Nitre  .^ 

President  authorized  to  appoint  a  corps  of  officers 

for  the  working  of  nitre  caves, 27 

their  duties,  •  8S 

superintendent  of  corps  to  make  report  to  chief 

of  ordnance, 28 

organization ;  how  long  to  continue, SS 


Mail.    See  Post-O^ce  Department^ 

proposals  for  carr,vinp,  may  be  advertised  in  addi- 
tional number  of  newspapers, 2 

Manufactories^ 

of  saltpetre  and  small  arms,  may  be  contracted 

for, 83 

advances  by  the  government  to  the  contractors  for 

the  erection  of  the  works  and  mach  nery, S3 

conditions  of  the  advancem^  nt, 83 

act  to  apply, -t-o  cases  of  enlargement  of  existing 

manufactories, 33-34 

of  Iron, S3 

Marine  Corps, 

enlistments  in,  to  be  for  the  war  or  three  years,.,      26 

bounty,  to  enlisted  men, 26 

non-commissioned  officers,  musicians  and  privates 

to  receive  an  equivalent  to  bounty, 26 

Marshals^ 

fees  of, 35-37 

to  appoint  persons  to  attend  on  grand  and  other 

juries,   87^ 

allowance  to,  to  be  paid  by  Marshal  and  inclu-         / 

ded  in  his  accounts, 37  ^ 

allowed  expenses  while  employed  in  arresting  per-         < 

sons  charged  with  or  convicted  of  crime, 87  ) 

allowance  to,  for  disbursing  money  to  jurors  and         < 

witnesses, S7  ^ 

fees  to  be  paid  to,  for  services  rendered  the  Con-         J 

federate  States, 37  ^ 

allowance  to,  lor  contingent  expenses  of  courts,..    87  J 

compensation  of,  limited 41  ( 

surplus  of  their  fees  to  be  paid  into  the  Treasury,.    41  > 
to  collect  fees  of  clerks  of  courts.    Commission  al-         j! 

lowfd  therefor, : 44^ 

may  distrain  property  of  the  persons  to  whom  the         j 

fees  are  charged, 44^ 

McCullock,  General,  f 

(?rief  of  I'ongress  occasioned  by  his  death, 56^ 

Mcintosh,  General,  ^ 

grief  of  Congress  occasioned  by  his  death, 56  ^ 

Mileage,  ) 

allowed  members  of  Congress, 4  / 

clerks 43  J 

payment  of  arrearages  of,  to  members  of  the  Pro-         ,' 
visional  Congress, 54^ 


0. 


j  Officers.    Fee  Compensation. 

I         army  officer  appointed  Secretary  of  War  not  to  lose 

j  his  rank, 1 

\        Btaff  and  clerical  force  of  General  asspned  by  the 

President  to  duty  at  the  seat  of  government 4 

who  declared  to  be  disbursing  officers  of  appropria- 
tions for  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  Senate 

and  House  of  Representatives, 5 

said  officers  to  give  bond, 6 

official  acts  of  the  District  Attorney,  Marshal  and 
Deputy  Marshals  of  the  State  of  Tennessee,  while 

their  offices  were  vacated,  made  legal 27 

continuance  of  the  marshal  and  his  deputies  in 

office, 2T 

corps  of,  for  the  working  of  nitre  caves  and  estab- 

Tshinj- nitre  beds .....27-28 

additional  depositor  es  of  public  moneys, 29 

when  their  offices  to  cease, 20 

election  of  officers  in  companies,  etc.,  under  con- 
scription act, 80,  8X 

appoirtment  o'  additional  tellers  and  book-keepers 
in  the  offices  of  the  treasurer  and  assistant  trea- 
surers,     82 

appointment  of  deputy  clerk  of  district  court,....    44 

his  oath, 44 

duties, 44 

removal  from  office, 44 

additional  clerks  authorized  In  the  bureau  of  the 

Quartermaster  General, 4S 

of  companies  received  into  the  service  with  less 
than  the  minimum  number  of  men;  their  rank, 

rations,  etc., 46 

agents  to  carry  into  effert  the  act  to  authorize  the 

exchange  of  bonds  or  stock  for  articles  In  kind,.    4T 
appointment  of,  in  the  Engineer  corps  of  the  Pro- 
visional army, 40 

appointment  of  officers  of  artillery  in  the  Provis- 
ional armv, 40 

officers  of  the  navy,  their  rank,  etc., 50 

commissioned  offi'sers  of  companies  and  field  and 
staff  officers  of  battalions  of  sharp  shooters,  by 
whom  appointed, 51 


Militia,                    ~        '  f  Ordnance, 

payment  of  officers  of  the  "Virginia  Militia  for  ser-         /         appropriation  for  ordnance  service, 9 

vices  rendered  the  Confederate  States, 44'!  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores, 10 

officers  to  produce  certificates  showing  period  /  Osages, 


of  service, 44-45 

pay  of  staff  officers  of  the  Virginia  Militia  on  like 

certficateB, 45 

no  payment  to  be  made  for  any  period  subsequent 

to  March  30, 1S62 ,   45 

junior  Major,  Paymaster  or  Surgeon's  mate,  to  re- 
ceive no  pay, 45 

Jlftne^, 

establishment  of  coal  and  iron  mines, SS 

President  authorized  to  contract  for  the  purchase 

of  coal  and  iron, 3S 

Missouri, 

advance  of  a  certain  sum  of  money  to, 25-26 

Musicians, 

pay  of  colored  persons  employed 29 

not  to  be  employed  without  consent  of  command- 
ing officer  of  the  brigade, 29 


N". 

Navy, 

transfer  of  seamea  from  the  land  forces  to  the 

naval  service, 31 , 

grades  of  the  commissioned  officers  in, 60  < 


appropriation  for, 10 


Partisan  Rangers, 

President  may  commission  officers  to  formbandaof, 
in  companies,  etc.,  either  as  infantry  or  cavalry,    48 

pay,  rations  and  quarters, 48 

entitled  to  the  full  value  of  the  arms  and  muni- 
tions of  war  captured, 43 

Paymasters, 

pay  of  assistant  paymasters  in  the  navy,... 50 

Perpetuation  of  Testimony, 

concerning  the  destruction  of  property  nnder  mili- 
tary necessity, 3 

Pikes, 

companies,  etc.,  of  troops  may  be  organised,  to  be 

armed  with, S6 

Ports, 

city  of  Augusta,  Georgia,  made  a  port  of  delivery 

for  goods  Imported  into  Charleston,  46 

vessels  may  unload  their  cargoes  on  any  part  of  the 
coast, 50 


Q. 


INDEX.  Tii 

'^Fostage^  '( Produce  Loan, 

rates  of,  on  letters,  etc., 40  S        exchange  of  bonds  orstook  for  agricultural  pr^ 

what  deemed  a  single  letter, 40  j  ducts  subscribed  to  the, 47 

when  adilitioaal  single  postage  may  be  charged,..  AQ  ^  Public  Buildings, 

.Postmaster  General.    See  Post-Office  Department.  ;J         appropridtion  for  rent  of  Executive  buildings, 9 

Postmasters,  /         joint  committee  on,  -n  Congress,  to  rent  addit'onal 

commissions  allowed  deputy  postmasters, 49  ^            rooms  for  the  use  of  the  treasury  department, . .    B5 

\Fost-Office  Department^                               *  I  Public  Debt, 

appropriation  for  offices  in, 8  /         appropriation  for  interest  on, .9,83 

proposal  for  carrying  the  mail  -may  be  advertised  J  Public  Documeiits, 

by  the  Postmaster  General  in  additional  number  /         preservation  of,  printed  by  order  of  either  House 

of  newspapers,. 2  J  of  Congress, .  ...    05 

post  routes  established, S,89  j        to  be  indexed  and  bound, ^'5 

action  of  Postmaster  General  in  putting  mail  ser-         /         how  disposed  of, .&5 

vice  on  certain  routes  confirmed, 3  )'  Public  Funds.    See  Depositories. 

certain  laws  repealed  and  others  declared  to  be  in  /  Public  Printing,  Superintendent  of, 

force  reliting  to  the  conveyance  of  mailable  mat-         j        appropriation  for  his  office. - 8 

ter  by  express  or  other  companies, B5  '         to  de  iver  copies  of  public  documents  printed  by 

frauds  upon  the  revenue  of  the,  how  punished.. ..  So  >            either  House  of  Congress,  to  the  Attorney  Gene- 
commissions  allowed  Deputy  Postmasters, 49  ^           ■^■al, S5 

Post  Routes,  / 

established 3, 89  j 

.President  of  the  Confederate  States,  ) 

appropriation  for  the  defence  of  Mobile  bay  and  ) 

Alabama  river,  to  be  expended  at  his  discretion,  4  J  Quapatvs, 

authorized  to  raise  a  corps  for  ■service  in  said  bay         /        appropriation  for, 1ft 

and  river, A  '.  Quartennaster  General, 

to  fix  the  rank  and  pay  of  the  officers, 4  /         additional  clerki  authorized  in  the  bureau  of, 4S 

may  assign  a  General  to  duty  at  the  seat  of  Gov-         '  compensation, -45 

ernment, 4  /         to  direct  his  officers  to  receive  articles  in  kind,  r^- 

may  appoint  addit-onal  aids-de-camp  on  bis  staff,.  7  /            ceived  in  exchange  for  bonds,  etc.,  and  apply  the 

his  salary;  payable  quarterly  in  advance, 7  ^  same, 47 

appropriation  for,        8  / 

rent  of  executive  mansion  to  be  paid  by  the  gov-  j 

ernment, 7l                                               "O 

authorized  to  appoint  a  corps  of  officers  for  the  ^                                                -tV. 

working  of  nitre  caves  and   establishing  nitre  f  Railroads, 

beds,     27-28  /         construction  ol  railroad  from  New  Iberia,  Louis- 

jnay  appoint  either  State  or  Gonfederate  officers  to         ^  iana,  and  Houston,  Texas, 34 

enroll  persons  unier  conscri'»tion  act, 80-31  ^         President  authorized  to  contract  for  the  completion 

to  fill  vacancies  in  companies,  battalions,  etc.,..  .,32,  52  J  etc.,  of  said  road , ., 34-S5 

authorized  to  contract  for  the  completion,  etc.,  of         ';         app.  opriation  therefor, 35 

a  railroad  in  the  States  of  Louisiana  andTexas,34,  S5  ■        mcrtg^ge  on  the  road  for  the  ultimate  repayment 

appropriation  therefor  to  beiseaed  and  applied         ^,  of  the  money  appropriated 8C 

by  h's  order, 35/  RajiJc, 

to  take  mortgage  on  the  road  for  the  ultimate  /         army  officer  appointedSecretary  of  "War  not  to  logo 

re-payment  of  the  money  expended, 85';  his  rank,, 1 

to  appoint  signal  officers  and  sergeants, 8S  >         of  officers  of  companies  received  into  th-  sptvIcs 

to  enter  into  contracts  for  the  purchase  of  coal         <  with  less  than  the  minimum  number  of  men, 45 

andiron, 88/  Rangers.    See  Partisan  Rangers. 

to  appoint  drill  masters, 40  ;!  Rations, 

chaplains  in  the  naval  hospitals,, . .     42  ';         allowed  InrVans, ^5 

toincrease  the  salarips  of  master  armorers,...  45  >         allowed  officers,  etc.,  of  companies  received  into 

who  to  act  as,  in  case  of  vacancy  in  the  offices  both         ^  service  witli  less  than  the  minimum  number, -46 

of  President  and  Vice  President, 46-17  /  Rent, 

may  appoint  additional  officers  in  the  Engineer         i         ap'^ropriation  for  rent  of  executive  huildings, 9 

corps  of  the  Provisional  army, 49  ;  Reserve  Indians, 

also  officers  of  artillery  in  the  same  army, 49  /  appropriation  for, 10 

may    appoint    commissioned    officers   of   compa-  { Resolutions, 

nies  and  field  and  staff  offi;ers  of  battalions  of  /         approving  the  resolution  passed  by  the  Legislature 

sharp  shooters, 51  J            of  Virginia  to  vindicate  her  ancient  boundai  lea,    03 

may  accept  the  services  of  companies,  etc.,  organ-  /         declaring  the  sense  of  Congi  ess  in  regard  to  uniting 

ized  or  in  service  under  State  authority, 51  J  with  the  United  States, 53 

Price,  Major  General,  i         pledg'ng  the  Government  to  maintain  the  territorial 

thanks  of  Congress  tendered  to, 56  /  integrity  cf  the  Confederacy, 53 

Printing,  _      <;         of  thanks  to  Capt.  Buchanan  and  his  command, ...    53 

appropriations  for  prinfcg  for  Executive  depart-  ?                to  Major-General  Jackson  and  his  command, . ,     M 

ments, 8>  to  General  Sibley  and  his  command, 55 

bonds  and  treasury  notes, SSJ                to  Major-GeneraU  Van  Dorn  and  Price,  and 

Prisoners,  s                   their  respective  commands,  and  of  respect 

aid  to  our  prisoners  of  war  in  the  hands  of  the  ene-  <                   for  the  memory  of  Generals  McCuIloch  and 

my, 54  J  Mclntoth, 66 

.Property,  ^        to  aid  our  prisoners  of  war  in  thehands  of  the  ene- 

destruction  of,  under  military  necessity,  authorised,      2  /  my 54 

owners  of,  may  destroy  the  same, .  2  J         relating  to  the  manner  of  paying  members  of  the 

how  testimony  of  such  deatjuction  may  be  perpetua-  ^            Provisional  Congress  the  arrearages  of  their  pay 

ted, 2/  and  mileage 64 

indemnity  to  owners  out  of  Sequestration  fund, 2  ^^         of  thanks  to  the  patriotic  women  of  the  country 

transportation  to  or  sale  in  any  port  of  the  C.  B  ,  in  /            for  voluntary  contributions  furnished  by  them  to 

.possession  of  the  enemy  of  cotton,  tobacco,  etc.,         ;J  thQ  army, 54 

prohibited, 46  ^         of  thanks  for  the  victory  at  Shiloh, 54 

exchange  of  honds  or  stock  for  articles  in  kind 47  J         of  thanks  to  the  officers  and  crews  of  the  Patrick 

articles  to  be  valued, 47  j            Henry,  Jamestown,  Teazer  and  other  vessels  far 

receipt  of  articles  by  officers  at  the  place  of  purchase,    47  /  gallant  cooduct, B5 

how  to  be  applied 47  J         for  the  preservation  of  public  documents, 55 

exchange  of  bonds  or  stock  for  agricultural  products  /         to  provide  for  the  payment  of  stationery  purchased 

subscribed  to  the  Produce  Loan, 47  /  for  the  Provisional  Congress, —    56 

shipment,  sale  and  hypothecation  of  such  pro-  j         to  authorize  thejointcommittee  on  Public  Buildings 

ducts, 47  ;  to  rent  rooms  for  the  treasury  department, M 

issue  of  produce  certificates, 47  j         to  authorize  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  pay 

'provisions,  /            the  mileage  and  per  diem  of  members  of  the  Pro - 

appropriation  for^ 10/'  visional  Congress  out  of  its  contlDgent  fund 56 


T»U 


INDEX. 


Roo7ns, 

additional  rooms  to  be  r«nted  for  the  use  of  the 
treasury  departmeDt, 56  j 


S. 


31 


SaJaries.    See  Compensation. 
Sales  y  • 

of  cottoD,  tobacco,  etc.,  in  any  port  in  the  possea- 

sion  of  the  enemy,  prohibited, 46 

of  azricultural  products  sabscribedto  the  Prodace 

Loan, , 47 

Saltpetre.     See  Manu/actories. 
Seamen^ 

transfer  of,  from  the  land  forces  to  th&  naval  ser- 
vice,  

Seat  of  Government^ 

appropriation  to  pay  esLpenses  attending  removal 

of, 

Senate,  Secretary  of  the 

his  salary, 

may  appoint  Assistant  Secretary, 2-3 

Sinecas  and  Shawnees^  ^ 

appropriation  for, 9/ 

Sequestration  Fund,  J 

indemnity  to  owners  out  of,  for  property  destroy-        '^ 
ed  under  mihtary  necessity, -..., 


2^ 


J  Treasury  Notes,  ttc,  (continued.) 

the    same    re-cooTertlble    into   tretsory 

notes,.... i^ 

form  of, S9 

may  be  with  or  without  coupons, 29 

iseae  of  treasury  notes  of  the  denomination  of 
one    and    two    dollars   to   the    amount   of 

$5,000,000,  authorised, 34 

when  payable, 34 

receivable  in  payment  of  all  public  dues, 

except,  etc., 84 

printing  of  tbe  notes, ...     84 

appropriation  for  paper,  plates  and  print- 
ing     88 

isene  of  treasury  notes  of  not  less  than  $100 

bearing  interest, 84- 

appropriation  for  paper,  plates  and  print- 
ing,     8*-^ 

to  be  a  substituted  for  certain  bonds, 84' 

receivable  in  payment  of  public  dues,....    34r 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  make  report  to 
Congress  of  tbe  amount  of  notes  issued  and 

put  in  circulatioD, 34 

forgery  of  not«s,  arn:aking  or  engraving  plates 

to  be  used  in  such  forgery, 34 

exchange  of  bonds  or  stock  for  articles  in  kind 
or  for  cotton,  etc  ,  subscribed  to  the  Produce 

Loan, 4T 

Treasury  DepartTnent, 


Siiarp  Shooters^  <,         appropriat'on  for, - 8,9,3$ 

battalions  of,  may  be  organized, 51  ;        rent  of  additional  rooms  for  the  use  of, 56 

how  to  be  armed, 61  ;  Treasury,  Secretary  of  the.    See  Treasury. 


55 


ofi&cers,  appointed  by  the  President^. . . .  51 

Sibley,  Brigadier-General, 

thanks  of  Congress  tendered  to,  and  to  his  com- 
mand,  

Signal  Corps  J 

President  authorized  to  appoint  ofScers  to  perform 
the  duties  of  Signal  officers  and  sergeants  of  the 

army, 

may  be  organized  as  a  separate  corps  or  other- 

wia**, 

Small  Arms.    See  Ar7ns. 
Starke  and  Cardoza, 

account  of,  for  stationery  furnished,  to  be  paid,.   . 
Stationery, 

account  for,  furnished  Provisional  CongreaSyto  be 

paid, 

Subsistence  Stores, 

ftpprppriaticn  for, 9 

S^stitutes, 

persons  not  liable  to  military  du*y  may  bereceived 

ae  substitutes  for  those  who  are, -.. 

Surgical  and  Medical  SupplieSj 

appropriation  for, .^ -.   - 


56 


56 


31 


Taxes, 

States  assuming  the  payment  of  their  quotas  of  the 

war  tax,  to  pay  the  probable  amounts  thereof  \ 

into  the  treasury, 6-7) 

payment  of  salaries  of  District  Collectors  of  war  j 

tax, - 27  J 

payment  of  war  tax  by  States  that  have  assumed  | 

the  pajonent  thereof,  suspended  as  to  certain  | 

districts, 2T  ! 

Tellers,  ] 

additional  Tellers  at  the  ofBces  of  the  Treasurer 


and  AFsistant  Treasurers, 32  J  Treaties, 


appropriation  for  his  office, . 
to  submit  fstimates  of  the  several  heads  of  depart- 
ments t^)  the  President, 25 

to  report  to  Congress  the  ways  and  means  to  pro- 
vide for  such  estimates  made  during  tbe  session 

of  Congress, 25 

authorzed  to  pay  a  part  of  the  salaries  of  the 

District  Collectors  of  the  war  tax, 27" 

authorised  to  make  further  issue  of  treasury  Botea, 

certificates  of  stock  and  bonds, 28 

may  effect  loans, 28 

may  issue  bonds  or  certificates  In  exchange  for 

notes 2d 

to  determine  the  form  thereof, 89' 

to  increase  the  number  of  depositories  of  the  pub- 
lic funds, 29 

authorised  to  etrploy  additional  Tellers  and  Beok- 
fceepers  in  tbe  offices  of  the  Treasurer  and  As- 
sistant Treasurers, 82 

preference  to  be  given  to  certain  persons 32 

authorized  to  issue    treasury    notes    of    certain 

denominations, 34 

to  have  same  printed,  84' 

to  make  report  thereof  to  Congress, $4 

to  make  rules,  etc.,  to  carry  into  effect  a  cer- 
tain Act, 46 

may  exchange  hoods  or  stocks  for  articles  In 
kind,    or    for    cotton,  etc.,    subscilbed  te  the 

Produce  Loan... 47 

power  given  him  over  the  articles  received  in 

exchange 4T 

may  issue  Produ'^e  certificates;  their  effect,..    47"" 
appoint  and  dismiss  agents  to  carry  this  act  in- 
to effect, 4T 

Issue  regulations  to  carry  out  Its  detai's, 47 

to  pay  mileage  and  per  diem  of  members  of 
Provisional  Congress  out  of  the  contingsnt 
fund  of  that  Congress, 56- 


compensation, 

Tennessee,  > 

official  acts  of  District  Attorney,  and  Marslals  in,  / 

whose  offices  were  vacated,  made  valid, 27  / 

Territories,  i 

appropriation  for  Arizona  territory, 10/ 

Treasurer,  • 
to  make  report  to  Congress  of  the  amount  drawn 

by  the  members  durinij  recess, 29  / 

additiouHl  tellers  and  book-keepers  may  be  em-  i 

ployed  in  the  offices  of  the  Treasurer  and  Assis-  f 

taut  Treasurers, 32  J 

Treasury  Notes,  etc.,  f 

further  issue  of  treasury  notes,  certificates  of  stock  / 

and  bonds  to  the  amount  of  1215,000,000,  autho-  ^ 

rized, 2S  r; 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may  effect  loans,.. ,  2S  I 

bonds,  when  redeemable 2S  > 

faith  of  government  pledged, 28  ;> 

issue  of  bonds  or  certificates  in  exchange  for  (, 

treasury  notes, 28' 


appropriation  to  carry  into  effect  certain  Indian 
treaties, 9-10 


U. 

\  United  States, 

resolQtion  declaring  the  sense  of  Oongress  In  re- 
gsird  to  nnitlng  with, 58 


Vacancies, 

in  companies,  battalions,  etc,  how  filled, 32,  52 

who  to  act  as  President  in  case  of  vacancies  in  the 

offices  both  of  President  and  Vice-President^.      46-47' 
In  the  lowest  grade  of  commissioned  officers  of  a 

company  fiUed  by  election, 5^- 


INDEX.  i« 

T2.cancies,  (continued.)  j  War,  Secretary  of 

may  be  filled  by  the  President  by  promoting  of-        /        army  officer  appointed,  aot  to  loae  his  rank, 1 

ficers  or  pri7ate8  for  distlngniBhed  services, 52  ^         appropriation  for  hia  office, 8- 

Van  Dorrij  Major-General ^  J         to  prescribe  rules  and  forma  to  carry  into  effect  the 

thanka  of  Congress  to,  and  to  his  comiriand, 56/  Act  relating  to  Indian  affairs,  etc., 25 

Vessels,  j  the  same  to  be  printed  and  distributed, 25 

appropriation  for  the  purchase  of  iron-clad  ves-        f         to  furnish  copy  of  the  Act  to  provide  for  keeping 

sela  in  Europe, 10  J  fire  arma  in  the  hands  of  effective  men,  to  every 

appropriation  for  the  equipment  and  repair  of  ves-        }  General  in  the  service, Bfr- 

aels, 10  /         to  divide  the  appropriation  for  the  contingent  ex- 
may  unload  their  cargoes  on  any  part  of  the  coast,  50  (  penaes  of  the  War  Department  and  the  Army,    3S-SS 
Inventors  or  constructors  of  machines  for  destroy-        ?         authorized  to  appoint  additional  clerks  in  the  bureau 

ing  the  armed  vessels  of  the  enemy, 51 J  of  the  Quartermaster-General, 46 

thanks  of  Congress  to  the  officers  and  crews  of  the  /  to  report  to  Congress  findings  of  the  Court  for  the 
Patrick  Henry  and  other  vessels  for  their  gallant  S  trial  of  commissioned  officers  charged  with  drunk- 
conduct,  55  J  enneas, 4&' 

Virginia,                                                                                   }         may  cause  to  be  organised  battalions  of  Sharp  Shoot- 
resolution  passed  by  the  Legislature  of,  approved        J  ers, 51 

by  Congress, 53  /  War  Tax, 

Virginia  Militia .    See  Militia.  j         appropriation  for  collectors  and  assessors  of, 9 

Volunteers,                                                                                f         part  of  the  salaries  of  district  collectors  of,  to  be  paid,    ST" 
lavs  providing  for  the  re-enlistment  and  organiza-         (         payment  of,  by  States  that  have  assumed  the  pay- 
tion  of,  repealed, 80  /            ment  thereof,  suspended,  so  far  as  assessed  in  pro- 
persons  subject  to  enrollment  under  conscription         /  perty  In  invaded  districts, 42 

act  may  volunteer  previous  to  enrollment, 32  {         collection  of,  in  Missouri  and  Kentucky,  suspended,    4a 

)  Wit7iesses, 

/        allowance  to,  for  attendance, 3T 

\  Women, 
War  Department,  /         thanks  of  Congress  tendered  to  the  patriotic  women 

clerical  force  increased, 1-2  J  of  the  country  for  voluntary  contributions  to  the 

appropriations  for, 9, 38  >  army, ^^ 

auditing  accounts  for  the, 40  i  Writs .    See  Habeas  Corpus. 

duties  of  Second  Auditor  and  Comptroller  in         \ 

respect  thereto, 40 ' 


W. 


/ 


PEIYATE  LAWS 


CONFEDEEATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA, 


PASSED  AT  THE  FIRST  SESSION     » 


FIRST  CONGRESS; 

1862. 
€ar£f»ll2  £ollat«b  roitl)  \\)t  ©riginaU  at  EitJimonbi,    ^ 

EDITEID   BT 

JAMES  M.  MATTHEWS, 

ATTORNEY     AT     LAW, 

AND    I^W    CL£RS  IN  THE    DEPARTMBKT  OF   J03TI0E. 


rO  BE  CONTINUED  ANNUALLY. 


RICHMOND: 

R.  M.  SMITH,  PRINTER  TO  CONGRESS. 

186L 


ADVERTISEMENT. 


CoNFEDEKATK  States  of  America-, 

Department  of  Justice, 

Richmond,  June  1,  1862. 

By  an  Act  of  the  Pl-ovisional  Congress,  approved  on  the  5th  day  of  August,  1861, 
section  third,  it  was  niftde,  inter  alia,  "the  duty  of  the  Attorney  General,  at  the  close 
of  each  session  of  Congress,  to  cause  all  the  laws  and  resolutions  having  the  force  of 
laws,  and  all  treaties  entered  into  by  the  Confederate  States,  to  be  published  under 
the  supervision  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Printing."  This  section  was  amended 
by  a  further  act,  approved  on  the  17th  day  of  February,  1862,  which  provides, 
"  That  the  third  section  of  said  act  be  so  amended  as  to  authorise  the  Attorney 
General  to  cause  three  thousand  copies  of  the  Provisional  and  Permanent  Constitu- 
tion, and  of  all  the  acts  and  resolutions  and  treaties  of  the  Provisional  Government 
of  the  Confederate  States  which  are  not  secret,  to  be  published  in  one  volume,  at  the 
close  of  the  present  session  of  Congress,  arranged,  and  with  marginal  notes,  and  in- 
dexed, as  provided  in  said  act."  The  effect  of  this  amendment,  it  will  be  observed, 
is  to  repeal  the  third  section  of  the  first  mentioned  act,  so  far  as  it  applies  to  the  legisla- 
tion of  the  Provisional  Congress,  and  restrict  its  application  to  the  laws  and  resolu- 
tions passed  by  Congress  under  the  Permanent  Constitution,  and  to  treaties  entered 
into  by  the  Confederate  States  under  that  Constitution. 

For  sometime  after  the  passage  of  the  act  of  the  5th  day  of  August  last,  it  was 
impossible  to  comply  with  its  requirements  because  of  the  fact  that  the  requisite 
paper — "  paper  equal  in  quality  to  the  edition  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  as 
annually  published  by  Little  &  Brown," — could  not  be  procured  ;  and  it  was  not  till 
very  recently  that  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Printing  succeeded  in  obtaining  it. 
For  this  reason  the  laws  and  resolutions  have  been  published,  heretofore,  unc'er  spe- 
cial resolutions  of  Congress,  for  temporary  convenience,  on  paper  of  inferior  quality, 
and  without  regard  to  the  provisions  of  the  act.  This  is  the  first  publication  that  has 
been  made  in  conformity  with  its  provisions. 

The  following  laws  and  resolutions  have  been  carefully  compared  with  the  original 
Rolls  on  file  in  this  Department,  and  all  typographical  errors  other  than  those  noted 
tQ  the  table  of  errata,  corrected.  Where  anything  essential  to  complete  the  sense 
is  omitted  in  the  Rolls  it  is  inserted  in  the  text,  included  in  brackets. 

JAMES  M.  MATTHEWS, 
Law  Clerk 


LIST 


PRIVATE  ACTS  AND  RESOLUTIONg 

OF  CONGRESS, 


^cts  of  tlje  5ivst  (Sion^vcss  of  tl)c  OFonfsl&cvats  0tate3. 
STATUTE   I.— 1862, 

PAO». 

Caroline  MiUer  and  her  children,  house  and  lot  to  be  conveyed  in  trust  for.  An  Act  for  the  relief  of  Mrs.  Caro- 
line Miller  and  her  children.    April  IT,  1862,  ch.  1 ijr 

Samuel  M.  Wilkes,  payment  tn  the  legal  representative  of.  An  Act  for  the  relief  of  the  legal  representatives  of 
Samuel  M.  Wilkes,  late  Adjutant  of  the  Fourth  Regiment,  South  Carolina  Volunteers.  April  19, 1868,  cb. 
2 & 

I 

PRIVATE  RESOLUTIONS. 

l*fo.  1.]  Hon.  John  Tyler  deceased.,  payment  to  the  legal  representative  of.  A  joint  reooiuti'in  providing  for  the 
payment  to  Mrs.  Julia  Tyler  of  the  arrearages  of  pay  due  to  Hon.  John  Tyler,  deceased,  for  services  in 
the  Prorislonal  Congress.    March  25, 1862 ff 

[Ho.  2  ]    Capt.  Ben  Desha,  accovnts  of,  to  be  settled.    Joint  resolution  for  the  relief  of  Capt.  Ben  Desha.    April 

19,1862 fr 


PRIVATE  ACTS  OF  THE  FIRST  CONGRESS 

OF  THE 

CONFEDERATE  STATES. 

Passed  at  the  first,  session,  which  icas  begun  and  held  at  the  City  of  Rich- 
mond, in  the  State  of  Virginia,  on  Tuesday,  the  eighteenth  day  of  Feb- 
ruari/,  A.  D  ,  1862,  and  ended  on  Monday,  the  tweidy-first  day  of 
April,  A.  D.,  1862. 

Jefferson  Davis,  Pie?ident.  Alexander  H.  Stephens,  Vice  Pres- 
ident, atii!  President  of  the  Senate.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Speaker 
of  the  House  of  Representatives. 


Chap.  I. — An  Act  for  the  relief  of  Mrs,  Caroline  Miller  and  her  children. 


Aprilir,  18 


Preamble. , 


Whereas,  Mrs.  Caroline  Miller,  wife  of  James  H.  Miller,  a  soldier 
now  in  the  Confederate  Army,  is  in  very  iiuhgent  circumstances; 
and  whereas,  her  brother,  one  John  A.  Bridgeland,  a  resident  of  the 
State  of  Indiana,  in  the  month  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord, 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-seven,  purchased  a  house  and 
lot  in  the  town  of  Salem,  in  the  county  of  Roanoke,  in  the  State  of 
Virginia,  known  in  the  Plan  of  said  town  as  Lot  No.  81,  declaring  at 
the  time  of  receiving  a  deed  for  the  same  in  his  own  name,  that  he 
was  buying  the  said  property  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  said  Caro- 
line Miller  and  her  children;  and  whereas,  proceedings  are  now  pend- 
ing in  the  District  Court  of  the  Confederate  States,  in  and  for  the 
Western  District  of  Virginia,  to  subject  the  said  house  and  lot  to  se- 
questration, by  virtue  of  the  act  of  the  Provisional  Congress  of  the 
said  Confederate  States,  entitled  "An  Act  for  the  sequesti'ation  of  the 
estates,  property  and  effects  of  alien  enemies,  and  for  the  indemnity  of 
citizens  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  persons  aiding  the  same  in  the 
existing  war  with  the  United  States,"  approved  August  the  30th,  1861 — 
Therefore, 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That    ffouse  and  lot  to 

_i  -J  LA  c  it'  LiiL  ij*      be  conveyed  in  trust 

whenever  a  jungment  or  decree  ot  sequestration  shall  be  rendered  in  fm-  Caroline  Miller 
the  District  Court  for  the  Western  District  of  Virginia,  subjecting  t(ie  and  her  children, 
above  described  house  and  lot,  of  the  said  John  A.  I'ridgeland  to  se- 
questration, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  receiver  of  the  District  in  which 
said  property  is  situated,  instead  of  selling  the  same,  to  convey  it  to 
such  person  as  shall  be  designated  by  the  said  Court,  to  be  held  in  trust 
for  the  sole  and  sepai-ate  use  and  benefit  of  the  said  Caroline  Miller, 
during  her  life,  and,  after  her  death,  for  the  childien  and  their  heirs, 
so  as  not  to  be  liable  to  the  debts  or  contracts  of  her  husband,  James 
H.  Miller,  which  said  conveyance  shall  have  the  effect  of  passing  to 
the  said  trustee,  for  the  use  aforesaid,  the  title  of  the  said  John  A. 
Bridgeland. 

Sec.  2.   Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  Caroline  Miller  is  here- 
by discharged  from  all  liability,  under  the  Sequestration  Act,  for  the 
I  6 


discharged  from  all 
liabilities. 


e  FIKST  CONGRESS.     Sess.I.     Ch.  2.    Rs.  1,  2.     186^. 

rents  and  profits  of  the  houpe  and  lot;  now  due,  or  hereafter  accruing, 
and  that  she  shall  be  permitted  to  remain  in  the  use  and  occupation  of 
the  same  until  the  conveyance  shall  be  made  for  her  benefit,  according 
to  the  provisions  of  this  act,  any  order,  judgment  or  decree  of  the  said 
District  Court  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 
Commencement  of  Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  act  shall  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  ratification. 
Approved  April  17,  1862. 


April  19,  1S63.        Chap.  n. — An  Act  for  the  relUf  of  the  legnl  representative  of  Samuel   M.  Wilkes,  late  AdJU' 
'  tant  of  the  Fourth  Regiment,  South  Carolina  Volunteers. 


The  legal  represen-      The  CongTBSs  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

Wiikes,°decea3ed,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  pay  to 

be  paid  arrearages,  j[,g  [gerg]  repre.'^entatives  of  Samuel  M.   Wilkes,  late  Adjutant  of  the 

Fotirth  South  Carolina  Regiment  of  Volunteers,  out  of  any  money  in 

the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 

arrearages  due  him  from  the  si.xth  day  of  June  to  the  twenty-first  day 

and  for  his  horse  of  July,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  and  also  the  sum  of  one  hun- 

tnied  in  battle.  j]^g(j  3^,^  gisty  dollars  for  his  horse  which  was   killed  iu  the  battle  of 

Manassas. 

Approved  April  19,  1862. 


RESOLUTIONS. 


w      .  25  lego        [No.  1  ]     A  joint  resnlutinn  providing  for  the  payment  to  Mrs.  Jvlia  Tyler  of  the  arrearages 
*  of  pay  due  to  Hon.  John  Tyler,  deceased,  fur  services  in  the  Provisional  Congress. 


Pay  and  mileage      Rcsolved  by  the  Cougvess  of  the  Confederatz  States  of  America, 
due  the  Hon^  John  •pj^^f  jj^g  Committee  on  pay  and  mileage  of  the  House  of  Representatives 

Tyler,  deceased,  a.'^a  ^.f^j  &^  ,m 

member  of  the  Pro-  be  authorized  and  required  to  ascertain,  at  the  Treasur}',  the  amount 
brpaw  to'TuTegai  of  P^y  and  mileage  due  to  the  Hon.  John  Tyler,  deceased,  at  the  time 
representative.         of  his  death,  for  services  as  a  member  of  the   Provisional  Congress; 

and  to  pay  the  amount   so   ascertained  to  be  due,  to  Mrs.  Julia  Tyler, 

the  legal  representative  of  said  deceased. 
Approved  March  25,  1862. 


April  19,  1862.  [No.  2.]     Joint  Resolution  for  the  relief  of  Capt.  Ben  Desha. 


The  accounts  of      Rcsolved  bv  the  Congress  of  the   Confederate   States  of  America, 

Captain    Ben  Desha  _,     .       ^,         r-C        ,  .         /-•  l     V  J     ■       u         u  .1.      •       J     i 

for  transportation  of  That  the  Quartermaster  Oeneral  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to 
i^u^^anYiaM.'"  =>"<^''  =*"'^  ^^'l"*'  "^^  accounts  of  Captain  Ben  Desha,  of  the  Fifth  Regi- 
ment of  Kentucky  Volunteers,  for  expenses  incurred  by  him  for  the 
transportation  of  his  comjiany  from  Cynthiana,  Kentucky,  to  Abing-- 
don,  Virginia,  being  the  first  place  at  which  said  company  could  be 
mustered  into  service,  and  to  pay  him  whatever  amount  may  be  ascer- 
tained to  be  due  him  on  account  of  such  transportation  ;  said  company 
having  been  organized  within  the  lines  of  the  enemy. 
Approved  April  19,  1862. 


INDEX 


FOREGOING  PRIVATE  LAWS  AND  RESOLUTIONS. 


A. 


Aeeount^^ 

accounts  of  Captain  Ben  Desha,  for  transportation 
of  bis  company,  to  be  adjusted  and  paid, 


C. 


ConffresSy 

pay  and  mileage  due  the  Hon.  John  Tyler,  deceased, 
late  member  of,  to  be  paid, 


M. 


S  Miller^  Caroline^ 

(         certain  house  and  lot  to  be  conveyed  in  trust,  ft>r 

}  her  and  her  children, $ 

^.         discharged  from  all  liabilities  under  Sequeatratioa 

Act, 5 

I  T. 

;  Tyler,  Ron.  John,  deceased, 

pay  and  mileage  due  him  as  late  member  of  the  - 
Provisional  Congress,  to  be  paid  his  legal  repre- 
6  \  eentative, (I 


D. 


pM^a,  Captain  Ben, 

accounts  of  for  transportation  of  h!s  company,  to  be 
be  adjusted  and  paid, 


W. 


Wilkes,  Samuel  M. ,  deceased, 

arrearages  due  him  as  late  Adjutant  of  the  4th  Regl- 
ment,  South  Carolina  volunteers,  to  be  paid  his 
representative, 9 

also  for  his  horse  killed  in  battle, 6 


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